As I continue my apple recipe kick, I found this recipe on the blog, Julie's Eats & Treats. I regularly eat apples and peanut butter as a snack, so why not in cookie form? This is an easy recipe to make, and it is GOOD.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup chunky peanut butter
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup Granny Smith apple, peeled and chopped
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
- Cream the butter, peanut butter, and sugars together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Then beat in the egg and vanilla until well combined.
- In another bowl combine the dry ingredients together. Add to the creamed mixture gradually and mix until well blended. Stir in the apple.
- On greased baking sheets, drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough. Bake at 350° Fahrenheit for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. You want to almost overbake these as they will soften when placed in the container for storage due to the apple releasing moisture. Remove from oven and cool 5 minutes on baking sheet. Remove to wire racks and let finish cooling.
This recipe is super-easy and very straight-forward. The only things I changed was that I used creamy peanut butter (I've always bought creamy!), and I used 1.5 fuji apples instead (again, that's what I had on hand). I think they came out really well, and all of my colleagues and friends who tried them thought they were great! I baked them for 14 minutes, but no longer; I really don't like crunchy cookies, so for me there's no such thing as too soft! These truly are delicious and I would definitely make them again. I'm not sure if I like these or the apple dump cake I made for my birthday more; both are SO YUMMY!
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