Muddy Buddy Peanut Butter Cookies

I’ll warn that these cookies are kind of messy. So maybe don’t take them to a nice Christmas party or else everyone will be walking around with a powdered sugar dusting on their clothes, haha 🙂 

But they are perfect for a Christmas cookie plate. Everyone always loves decadent cookies around this time of year and these definitely fit the bill. It’s a cookie that most have probably not tried and I just know that everyone will love these.

I hope you love these! Let me know if you try them out. I have a few more recipes to share and then a top 10 post for the year. But after that I will be done posting for the year. This blog is so important to me but my kids are even MORE important. There is so much to do to make Christmas happen around this house and my parents will be here with us for Christmas this year. We don’t see them too often as we live on opposite sides of the country. 

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1/2 teaspoon canola or vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375. Prepare a cookie sheet by lining with parchment paper or spraying with cooking spray.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, or use a handheld blender, blend together the butter, peanut butter, sugar, and brown sugar until creamy and light in color. Add in egg and blend to combine.
3. In a separate bowl, add the flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Stir with a wire whisk. Add to the wet ingredients and blend just until combined.
4. Shape into 1 inch balls and place on cookie sheet. You can fit 15 to each cookie sheet because they won't spread much at all.
5. Bake 8 minutes. Immediately after cooking, take a small cup and gently press down on the cookie. This will flatten them as well as give those pretty crinkly edges.
6. Let cookies cool on cookie sheet for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
7. Once cooled, Melt chocolate chips and canola oil in microwave-safe bowl for 2 minutes. Stirring every 30 seconds.
8. Immediately use a spoon and place a tablespoonful of chocolate onto each cookie and spread around.
9. Let chocolate set and cool completely (about 2 hours) before dusting with powdered sugar. To speed up the chocolate cooling and hardening, place cookies in the fridge or the freezer.

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