Peanut Butter Valentine's Day Cookies
Peanut butter Valentine's Day cookies stay soft and chewy for days! Heart-shaped and dipped in chocolate, perfect to share with a sweetheart.
Servings: 28 cookies
Calories: 200kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter (1 stick, room temperature)
- 1 ¼ cups light brown sugar packed (can also use dark brown sugar)
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup peanut butter creamy or crunchy
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt kosher
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 ¼ cups flour (up to 2 ½ cups)
- melting chocolate
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine brown sugar, white sugar, and butter in a large bowl. Beat until creamy. Add peanut butter, milk, egg, and vanilla. Mix until well blended.
- Add baking soda, salt, and flour to the creamed mixture at low speed. The dough is a soft dough, but shouldn’t be too wet. Add an extra ¼ cup of flour if necessary (for a total of 2 ½ cups).
- Use a 2 Tbsp. sized cookie scoop to scoop cookie dough onto the baking sheet. Roll each scoop of dough into a ball. Cut a slit into the top of each cookie using a sharp knife.
- Pull the slit to the sides, creating an exaggerated heart shape from each ball of cookie dough.Flatten each heart slightly in a crisscross pattern with a fork (if the dough sticks to the fork, you can dip the fork in water first).
- Bake one baking sheet at a time for 10-12 minutes, or until set and the edges are beginning to brown. Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheets.
- Spoon or dip each cookie halfway in melted chocolate.Place cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Add sprinkles, then let the cookies sit until the chocolate hardens.
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Notes
Wrap cooled cookies individually in plastic or store in an airtight container to keep them fresh. Cookies will stay soft for days.
Nutrition
Calories: 200kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 133mg | Potassium: 70mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 114IU | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg
