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Brown Butter Peanut Butter Cookies

A rich, chewy brown butter cookie filled with peanut butter and dark chocolate
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword brown butter cookies, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, peanut butter, peanut butter cookies
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 13 minutes
Servings 8
Author theforkedring

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 whole egg
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup crushed roasted peanuts
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 cup AP flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 12 oz 72% dark chocolate

Instructions

  • Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add your butter and cook until melted and browned (about 4-5 minutes).
  • Remove from heat and add cinnamon. Stir to combine. Then, add your brown sugar and white sugar.
  • Let mixture cool slightly and stir to combine. Then, add your peanut butter, which will melt as it incorporates.
  • Add your egg and vanilla extract and whisk until combined.
  • In blender or food processor, combine roasted peanuts and cornstarch. Pulse in short bursts until peanuts are finely ground. Do not over-blend.
  • Place a sifter over a large bowl. Add your ground peanuts, AP flour, baking soda, and salt.
  • Sift dry ingredients into bowl. Then, add your dry ingredients and dark chocolate, chopped into large chunks, into your cookie dough.
  • Fold your dry ingredients and chocolate in with a spatula. Chill dough 1-2 hours or up to overnight.
  • The next day, remove dough from fridge and allow to come to room temperature (1 hr).
  • Scoop cookie dough into 8 equal balls onto two parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing cookies at least 2-3" apart.
  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Press dough balls down with the bottom of a glass or cup into thick pucks. Bake for 12-14 minutes until gooey in the center and golden around the edges.
  • Remove from oven and let cookies chill on the baking sheet for 15-30 minutes. Sprinkle with sea salt and serve.

Notes

  • You can bake these cookies immediately if you don't feel like chilling them! Just bake for 1-2 minutes less because the dough will be warm going in. 
  • Chop your dark chocolate bars with a bread knife. It's so much easier!
  • If your cookies come out of the oven misshapen, run a large cookie-cutter around them and move it around the cookies in a circular motion before they cool. This will make them super round and beautiful!