Peanut Butter Chocolate Star Cookies
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Star Cookies
Description
This cookie recipe starts with creaming room temperature butter with brown and granulated sugars, then incorporating creamy peanut butter and a whole egg for structure. Dry ingredients of flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt are gently folded into the wet mixture to form the dough. Chilling the dough before baking is recommended to improve texture and handling but not mandatory.
Formed dough balls are topped with chocolate star candies pressed halfway into the center. Baking at 375°F for 9 to 11 minutes develops golden edges while keeping the center soft. Cooling briefly on the pan helps the cookies set before transferring to racks. These cookies offer a balance of peanut butter richness and sweet chocolate with a decorative touch from the candies.
They store well at room temperature in an airtight container and freeze well as baked cookies or shaped dough, which should be thawed before baking. Their distinctive shape and flavor make them suitable for snacks, desserts, or sharing at gatherings.
Chocolate star candies can be sourced from bulk or specialty sections, and substitutions for similar shaped or standard chocolate chips can be used if unavailable.
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter room temperature, unsalted
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup peanut butter creamy
- 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!).
Notes
- Chocolate star candies are typically found in bulk sections or specialty baking aisles; regular chocolate chips can be a substitute if unavailable.
- Cookies can be frozen after baking in a single layer in airtight bags and reheated gently before serving.
- Frozen dough balls should be spaced on baking sheets and frozen completely before transferring to containers; bake directly from frozen, adjusting time as needed.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 34cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 111 kcal
% 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.
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