Description
Sinful chocolate peanut butter swirl cookies blend rich cocoa with creamy peanut butter for an irresistible treat. Swirled patterns and balanced flavors promise a delightful experience you’ll savor with each memorable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (240 ml) all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup (75 ml) unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup (115 g/4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- ⅓ cup (80 ml) creamy peanut butter
- ¾ cup (150 g) brown sugar
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- 2 tbsps powdered sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Mixture Preparation: Whip powdered sugar and peanut butter into a lustrous, homogeneous blend, ensuring a silky-smooth consistency.
- Dough Integration: Cream butter and sugars until airy and voluminous, then seamlessly incorporate eggs and vanilla extract into a harmonious mixture.
- Ingredient Fusion: Delicately fold flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda into the wet ingredients, mixing with a gentle touch to maintain a tender texture.
- Chilling Phase: Refrigerate the chocolate cookie dough for 30 minutes, allowing flavors to meld and enhance structural integrity.
- Shaping Technique: Mold chilled dough into symmetrical rounds, creating a subtle central depression for the peanut butter filling.
- Filling Distribution: Precisely pipe the prepared peanut butter mixture into the cookie’s core, then artfully swirl with a toothpick to create an elegant marbled pattern.
- Baking Process: Arrange cookies on a lined baking sheet with strategic spacing, then bake in a preheated oven until edges are crisp and centers remain delightfully tender.
- Cooling Finale: Transfer baked cookies to a wire rack, allowing them to cool completely and develop a perfect chewy consistency.
Notes
- Prevent Overmixing: Stir dry ingredients gently into wet mixture to maintain a light, tender cookie texture without developing tough gluten strands.
- Chilling Dough Matters: Refrigerate cookie dough for 30 minutes to solidify butter, concentrate flavors, and create a more manageable dough that prevents excessive spreading.
- Master the Swirl Technique: Use a toothpick or thin knife to create delicate marbled patterns, moving in gentle, continuous motions for an elegant chocolate-peanut butter design.
- Temperature Control: Allow peanut butter filling to rest at room temperature for smooth piping, and ensure cookies cool completely on a wire rack to achieve the perfect chewy consistency.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg