Butterscotch Brownie Cookies

I cannot tell you all how many times I tried to make “healthy” brownies. Finally I gave up and gave the brownie cookie a try. I decided to add in some peanut butter chips because peanut butter and chocolate go together as well as PB&J, right?!

I do have to tell you tho how this little recipe came about tho lol. I had every intention of perfecting the Nutella chocolate chip cookie recipe this day. However, when I went to get my ingredients together, I discovered my Nutella jar was pretty much empty. My daughter (bless her) had finished off my GIANT jar of Nutella!

So I decided to search the cupboards and fridge to see what I DID have on hand and what I could come up with. Since I still had cocoa powder, I decided to go ahead and give brownies another go. Then I was like “lets just make it a cookie instead”.

So I gave it a shot, and surprisingly these came out pretty good after the first try!

Peanut Butter Brownie Cookies

soft, chewy and gooey brownie cookies with peanut butter chips.

Servings 18 cookies

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

resting time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 47 minutes mins

Equipment

• parchment paper
• cookie sheet
• ice cream scoop (or table spoon to make dough balls)

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 3 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 oz germans sweet baking chocolate
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 tbsp coconut milk
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar packed
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tbsp molasses
• 1/2 cup peanut butter chips

Instructions

• set your oven to 350°
• Line your cookie sheet with your parchement paper and set aside
• melt the butter, chocolates and milk on stovetop on LOW in a saucepan
• mix eggs, vanilla extract, sugars & molasses in a mixing bowl together until combined (be careful to not over mix)
• add in your melted chocolate, mix slightly with a spatula
• fold in your dry ingredients and peanut butter chips, again being *very* careful to not overmix 😉
• take a smaller ice cream scoop or your table spoon and scoop out your dough and place 6 dough balls evenly spaced on your parchment paper
• bake for 12 minutes
• ENJOY!!

Notes

• make sure to not over mix as this will give the cookies a cake-y texture

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: brownie cookies, brownies, peanut butter brownie cookies