3-INGREDIENT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES AND 4-INGREDIENT PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Recipe By Shirell Dalton, The Simple Chocolatier

Prep: 3 minutes Cook Time: 7-8 minutes Yields 14 cookies 

Ingredients:

For the 3-Ingredient version:

1 cup natural peanut butter (I used Aldi’s Peanut Delight Natural Creamy Peanut Butter)

1/4 cup unrefined pure cane sugar (I used Zulka Morena Pure Cane Sugar)

1 large egg

For the 4-Ingredient version:

1 cup natural peanut butter (I used Aldi’s Peanut Delight Natural Creamy Peanut Butter)

1/4 cup unrefined pure cane sugar (I used Zulka Morena Pure Cane Sugar)

1 large egg

1/4 cup of good quality semi-sweet chocolate chips (can also use bittersweet chocolate chips, milk chocolate chips or coarsely chopped dark chocolate)

Note: For a slightly sweeter cookie, the 1/4 cup of unrefined sugar can be replaced with 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (6 tablespoons) instead. The peanut butter I use has enough sweetness, so I prefer using just the 1/4 cup. 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine peanut butter, sugar and egg. If you use the 4-Ingredient version of the recipe, then also add the chocolate chips to the mixture. Stir the mixture till it comes together and begins to thicken. Scoop a heaping tablespoonful of mixture for each cookie and roll into balls then arrange on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Press each peanut butter ball down with the back of a fork to form a crisscross pattern. Bake for approximately 7-8 minutes. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

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