Peanut Butter Brookies- peanut butter cookies + brownies = YUMMY! Hands-down the best peanut butter cookie ever! Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Butter, shortening, peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, vanilla, and chopped brownies. You can make the cookies ahead of time and freeze for a quick treat later.
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream sugars, butter, shortening and peanut butter together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Gradually add the flour and baking soda until well blended. Stir in brownie bits.
Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop into balls and roll in sugar.
Place on prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 11-13 minutes.
Notes:
I use Jif peanut butter. You can use any brand that you enjoy. I have not tried these with natural peanut butter, so I do not know how it will work in this recipe.
I use half smooth peanut butter and half crunchy peanut butter. Feel free to use all smooth or all crunchy.
You can use homemade, box mix, or store-bought brownies in this recipe.
You will need about 1/2 of an 8x8-inch pan of brownies for this recipe.
One cup of flour weighs 4.25-ounces. To properly measure flour, give the flour a stir to loosen it up in the container. Use a spoon and lightly spoon the flour into your measuring cup. Use a flat straight edge (like the straight back of a knife) to level off the top of the flour in the measuring cup. Do NOT compact the flour in the measuring cup.
Can Peanut Butter Brookies be frozen? Yes! You can freeze the cookie dough or the baked cookies.
To freeze the unbaked cookie dough, scoop the dough and place it on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Place the cookie sheet in the freezer. Once the dough is frozen, transfer cookie dough balls to a freezer bag and store the balls in the freezer for 3 to 6 months. There is no need to thaw the dough before baking; simply add a few minutes to the cooking time.
To freeze baked cookies, allow the cookies to cool completely and place them in a freezer bag. Place the bag in the freezer. The cookies will keep about 3 months in the freezer.