Candi's Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

These cookies are very soft. You can also use chocolate chips instead of the peanut butter chips.

Original recipe makes 3 dozen

Ingredients

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

PREP

15 mins
COOK

10 mins
READY IN

45 mins

Directions

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.