{"id":254,"date":"2008-10-10T11:29:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T17:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=254"},"modified":"2008-10-10T11:29:18","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T17:29:18","slug":"brownie-laced-peanut-butter-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/10\/brownie-laced-peanut-butter-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Brownie Laced Peanut Butter Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was underwhelmed with these cookies.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, they tasted like a fine peanut butter cookie.\u00a0 However, I really wanted something amazing to happen in my mouth as a result of the chunks of brownie I mixed in, but no.\u00a0 No explosions of flavor.\u00a0 Just mediocrity.\u00a0 Ok, I might be being a little hard on this recipe.\u00a0 They really are a good cookie.\u00a0 I would probably skip the brownie next time and just add chocolate chips instead.\u00a0 I doubled the recipe that I found on bakingbites<\/a> with no problems.\u00a0 I bought an 8×8 package of pre-made brownies at the grocery store.\u00a0 There were plain brownies and brownies with walnuts.\u00a0 I said to myself (in my head of course) “That would be weird to use the ones with walnuts since the cookies are peanut butter!”.\u00a0 I get home and realize that I’d BOUGHT the walnut brownies!\u00a0 I am a smart one.\u00a0 It turned out not to be an issue at all since you can’t really<\/em> taste the brownie.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here is the dough after mixing in the brownies.\u00a0 The brownie bits break up quite a bit and distribute themselves through the dough.<\/p>\n

I used a small cookie scoop, about 1 tablespoon, and 10 minutes was a good baking time.\u00a0 It creates a crispy outer edge with chewy centers.\u00a0 They will look undercooked, but take them out anyway.\u00a0 Unless you like a thoroughly crispy cookie, in which case I would go for 12 minutes.\u00a0 I always rotate my cookie sheets half-way through because my oven cooks quicker in the back.\u00a0 Ok, so nothing spectacular here, but a comforting cookie nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Brownie-laced Peanut Butter Cookies (adapted from Baking Bites)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 2\/3 cups all purpose flour
\n1 teaspoon baking soda
\n1 teaspoon salt
\n1 cup butter, slightly softened
\n1 cup brown sugar
\n1 cup white sugar
\n2 large eggs
\n2 tsp vanilla extract
\n1 cup chunky peanut butter
\n2 cups brownie chunks, in 1\/4-inch pieces<\/p>\n