Peanut butter cookies dipped in chocolate for Valentine’s Day will warm his heart and fill his stomach. So simple and so good. I think homemade is always better for gift giving because you put your love (not to mention, elbow grease) into it!
Original recipe makes 12 cookies
Ingredients
1 egg
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup white sugar
1 (12 ounce) package milk chocolate chips
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PREP
20 mins
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COOK
7 mins
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READY IN
27 mins
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine egg, peanut butter and sugar in a bowl. The dough should be slightly dry; add small amounts of sugar if it seems too wet.
- Place dough between two sheets of wax paper and roll to 1/2 inch thickness.
- Cut the dough with a heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Place the hearts on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Cool completely on the baking sheet.
- Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave at 30 second intervals until fully melted, stirring between intervals.
- Dip the bottom and sides of each cookie in the melted chocolate.
- Place cookies on wax paper to dry.
Nutrition
Calories: 348 kcal
Carbohydrates: 38.3 g
Cholesterol: 27 mg
Fat: 20.6 g
Fiber: 1.7 g
Protein: 7.6 g
Sodium: 158 mg