CANDI'S CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CHIP COOKIES

Candi's Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies image

These cookies are very soft. You can also use chocolate chips instead of the peanut butter chips.

Provided by Candi

Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 36

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup butter, softened
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon applesauce
2 cups peanut butter chips

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Stir together the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and applesauce. Blend in the dry ingredients to form a dough. Fold in the peanut butter chips by hand. Drop the dough by teaspoons two inches apart on a ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 181.1 calories, Carbohydrate 23.3 g, Cholesterol 19.7 mg, Fat 7.6 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 4.4 g, SaturatedFat 6.1 g, Sodium 163.1 mg, Sugar 15.2 g