Yesterday's treats

Here are the recipes for the cookies and the muffins that I made yesterday. Most of the cookies are gone already! They are awesome. The muffins are good too. K said she only liked them a little because of the peanut butter--and then she ate 2 of them. She loves peanut butter, she is just partial to plain chocolate chip muffins.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
-2 cups all purpose flour
-2/3 cup cocoa powder
-1 tsp baking soda
-½ tsp salt
-1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
-1 cup white sugar
-2/3 cup brown sugar
-2 large eggs
-1 tsp vanilla
-1 ½ cups peanut butter chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In medium bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
In large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy.
Beat in eggs and vanilla. With mixer on low (so you don’t make a huge mess) beat in the flour mixture.
Stir in pb chips by hand.
Drop by rounded tablespoons onto baking sheet. Leave room for cookies to spread. Bake 9-11 minutes, until cookies are set at the edges and tops are slightly cracked. Cool on baking sheet for a few minutes, until firm enough to transfer to cooling rack.

I got this recipe from baking bites.com. It says it makes 4 dozen, but that’s not what I got. I use the cookie scoop from Pampered Chef and it made less. Be sure not to over bake these cookies, they should not be crispy! Crispy cocoa tastes burnt!


Peanut Butter Chip Muffins
-2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
-2 tsp baking powder
-½ tsp salt
-2/3 cup brown sugar
-6 tbsp butter, melted and cooled
-½ cup peanut butter (I use natural, smooth pb)
-2 large eggs
-1 cup milk
- ¾ cup milk chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line muffin tin with paper cups (they said 12 I got 15). In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and brown sugar. In medium bowl, whisk together melted butter, peanut butter, eggs, and milk until smooth. Pour wet mixture into flour mixture until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips. Fill each muffin cup to the top. Bake 17-20 minutes or until done. Cool on wire rack.

I found this muffin recipe in a couple of different places so I am not sure of the source.

I did find several yummy sounding things at the baking bites website. I am sure I will be making many things from there in the near future! I will share recipes for everything that turns out good!