Candi's Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon applesauce
• 2 cups peanut butter chips

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• preheat the oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). stir together the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa; set aside.
• in a large bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and applesauce. blend in the dry ingredients to form a dough. fold in the peanut butter chips by hand. drop the dough by teaspoons two inches apart on a ungreased cookie sheet.
• bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.