Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate
These easy gluten-free peanut butter cookies with chocolate really pack a punch! They're filled with peanut butter, brown sugar, and other classic baking ingredients, and topped with silky smooth dark chocolate.
Equipment
- Cookie sheets
Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten-free flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 sticks of unsalted butter melted
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 12 ounces dark chocolate
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine the melted butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar, and eggs together with an electric mixer. Add the peanut butter.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, salt, and baking soda. These are your dry ingredients.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture. Mix until combined.
- Scoop the cookie into large cookie dough balls and roll them in the additional sugar (½ cup sugar).
- Place the cookie dough balls on the prepared baking sheet. Use a fork to press the dough balls down in a crosshatch pattern.
- Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes.
- After 12-15 minutes, remove the cookies from the oven and cool on a wire rack. The center should be light and the edges should be golden brown and crispy.
- Roughly chop the dark chocolate bar and put it into a medium glass bowl. Microwave on high for 2 minutes, stirring every 30-second interval.
- Spoon the melted dark chocolate on top of each cookie and spread evenly around the center. This doesn't have to be perfect.
Notes
Do not refrigerate peanut butter cookie dough before baking it in this recipe. The cookie dough will seem softer than normal and that is ok!
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