Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

On their own, Chocolate Chip Cookies are amazing. I would consider them to be an American staple. It makes me think of Grandma's house and milk. Well, I decided to make them a little more amazing by adding peanut butter.

It's like a peanut butter cup reborn in the form of a cookie. Yum.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
2 tbs milk
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 3/4 cup flour
1/2 chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine butter and both sugars in a bowl. Add the peanut butter, egg, milk, baking soda, baking powder, salt and vanilla extract; mix well. Gradually add in the flour (about 1/2 cup at a time). Fold in the chocolate chips.

Line your cookie sheets with wax paper. Take spoonfuls of the dough and create balls. Now, take a fork and create a checkerboard on top of each cookie to flatten it (you can see the checkerboard in the pictures). Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes. I like to flip it halfway through because of the oven but it's up to you!

Let the cookies cool for about 1 minute then transfer them to a cooling rack.