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Get the Recipe Peanut Butter Chocolate Star Cookies
Homemade peanut butter chocolate star cookies are soft and chewy peanut butter cookies topped with a milk chocolate star that melts in your mouth. This recipe is a twist on the classic peanut butter blossoms, but the soft cookies aren't rolled in sugar. Instead, they are baked with the chocolate on top for a melty, gooey chocolatey center.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Additional Time
30 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 34 cookies
Calories: 111 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 34 chocolate stars approximately, find in bulk candy section
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Using an electric stand or hand mixer, cream together butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Add peanut butter and egg, beating until combined.
- Gently mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt just until combined.
- Recommended, but not required: chill the dough in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Form 1-inch balls of dough, spacing about 2-inches evenly apart on a cookie baking sheet. Press 1 chocolate star gently into the center of each dough ball (pushing about halfway down).
- Bake cookies for 9-11 minutes, until just turning golden brown along edges. Let cool on baking sheet for 1-2 minutes until able to transfer to a cooling rack. Store in an airtight container once completely cooled (but be sure to eat some warm!).
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Notes
- Chocolate Stars: find them in the bulk section of your regular grocery store, or look for Brach's Chocolate Stars in the baking aisle (generally these are only at high-end grocers).
- To freeze baked cookies: place in a single layer in a large freezer-safe bag (highly recommend Stasher bags); thaw before serving and heat in microwave if desired.
- To freeze cookie dough: place dough balls on a baking sheet in a single layer. Freeze all the way through, then transfer to an airtight bag or container.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1cookie
Calories
111kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
13mg
(4%)
Sodium
72mg
(3%)
Potassium
37mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Vitamin A
90IU
(2%)
Calcium
19mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 34cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 111
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 111kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 13mg | 4% |
| Sodium | 72mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 37mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Vitamin A | 90IU | 2% |
| Calcium | 19mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.