Peanut Butter Cookies with Honey Roasted Peanuts
These cookies are made with honey roasted peanuts and have a little jelly in the center.
Servings 60
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups 3 sticks butter
- 1 1/2 cups smooth peanut butter
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup honey-roasted peanuts coarsely chopped
- 3/4 cup good quality jam or preserves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cream butters, sugars, egg and vanilla.
- Mix dry ingredients together in a separate bowl, then stir into peanut butter mixture.
- Stir in peanuts.
- Using a 1 3/4 inch scoop, scoop dough 2 inches apart on parchment lined cookie sheets.
- If using jelly, make a little indentation in the middle and put about 1/4 teaspoon of jelly in the center.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are golden around the edge. Let cool on baking sheets for about 10 minutes.
- Transfer to a wire rack.
- Note: Chilling the dough helps the cookies bake up a little thicker.
