Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies

Name: Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies
Yield: Makes 24 Cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (7½ ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1 1/2 cups packed (10½ ounces), dark brown sugar; 1 cup (9 ounces), creamy peanut butter; 2 , large eggs; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 2 tablespoons, honey; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 cup, unsalted dry-roasted peanuts, chopped fine

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2019, America's Test Kitchen TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Everyday ingredients and a quick-mixing method make these cookies convenient. The chewy texture and robust peanut flavor make them irresistible.

SERVESMakes 24 Cookies

TIME50 minutes, plus 30 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted peanutty peanut butter cookies with crisp edges and moist, chewy centers, but because peanut butter has a fair amount of starch, more peanut butter in the dough resulted in drier, more stunted cookies. So in pursuit of more chew, ...

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