Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 cup peanut butter (creamy or chunky, but NOT all-natural)
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar (½ light brown, ½ dark brown)
  • 1 large egg
  • ¼ - ½ cup chocolate chips (dark chocolate, some reserved)

Instruction

  • In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, sugar, and egg, and mix well to combine.
  • Stir in most of the chocolate chips, reserving about 36 to use later.
  • Place bowl of dough in the refrigerator for 10 minutes to firm it up.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking tray with parchment or a silicone baking mat.
  • Scoop a heaping 1 Tablespoon of cookie dough into a ball and place on baking sheet 2 inches apart.
  • Once the balls of cookie dough are on the tray, take a fork, and gently press down on the dough making a cross hatch, pushing down until the cookie is approximately 1 cm thick.
  • Gently press 3 of reserved chocolate chips into each cookie on the top.
  • Bake for 10 minutes, or until light golden on the surface and darker golden on the edges.
  • Leave to cool on the tray for five minutes, then remove to a cooling rack.
  • Let cool to set completely or they will crumble in your hands.