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Peanut Butter Milk Chocolate Cookies with Maldon Sea Salt

By: Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land

ingredients

You will need

  • 1 cup of unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup of unsalted smooth peanut butter
  • ½ cup granulated white sugar
  • ½ cup golden brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • cups of spelt flour
  • ½ teaspoon of baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon of baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon of sea salt
  • 2 cups good quality milk chocolate pieces
  • a few tiny flakes of Maldon sea salt for the tops of each cookie

instructions

Make it!

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a stand mixer or using handheld beaters, cream together the butter, peanut butter and sugars on high until light and fluffy.
  • Scrape down the bowl. On low speed, add the egg and the pure vanilla extract. Mix until incorporated.
  • In a medium bowl, sift together the dry ingredients.
  • With the mixer on low, add the dry ingredients to the butter/peanut butter mixture until a dough forms. Mix to combine.
  • Add milk chocolate pieces. I used Lindt milk chocolate. Mix on low to combine. Save some pieces to decorate the tops of your cookies.
  • Using a small ice cream scoop or your clean hands, scoop out 1 1/2 inch balls of dough evenly spaced on your parchment paper lined baking sheets.
  • Press a piece of milk chocolate onto the top of each cookie.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 11-13 minutes, turning pans halfway to ensure even baking.
  • When the cookies are out of the oven, add a few Maldon sea salt flakes to the top of each cookie.