{"id":1168,"date":"2021-09-11T14:34:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T19:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activefit.gmail.net.pk\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2023-06-08T12:24:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T17:24:35","slug":"chocolate-peanut-butter-chip-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/activefit.gmail.net.pk\/?p=1168","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Year of the Snake, true to its nature, slithered in stealthily. Since I\u2019ve been so busy lately, it almost caught me unaware, but I did manage to prepare a dinner on Sunday night comprised of four, that\u2019s right, FOUR Chinese dishes to eat alongside rice. That\u2019s a record for me. (I couldn\u2019t have done it without help, of course.) (Thanks Chris.) (Afterwards, he and I reclined on the couch and watched Joy Luck Club, a fact I\u2019m slightly embarrassed to admit, but I ended up being moved anyway. Sigh.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moving forward, Valentine\u2019s Day is on Thursday! What?! When did mid-February creep up on us? The problem with the month is that it\u2019s way too short, so that my birthday at the beginning of March always seems to strike suddenly and without notice. Yup. It\u2019s official. Time speeds up the older you get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s not talk about this upcoming birthday anymore\u2014I don\u2019t want to be reminded that I\u2019m careening through my late-20\u2019s like a human cannonball. Instead, let\u2019s shift the conversation over to cookies, chocolate cookies<\/a> to be exact. (FYI: chocolate is an aphrodisiac, hint hint.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today\u2019s recipe came to me courtesy of Carey, who blogged about these beauties not three weeks ago. She got the recipe from the Blue Bottle Coffee recipe book, which should be enough reason for you to make these, immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do, however, use peanut butter chips like I did, the cookie\u2019s name changes entirely. It can no longer technically be called Blue Bottle\u2019s double chocolate cookie\u2014maybe I\u2019ll call it Blue Bottle\u2019s Reese\u2019s peanut butter<\/a> cups cookies instead? But its nature remains very much the same\u2014it\u2019s a dense chocolatey cookie, crackly and chewy both at the same time. I love how the coarse salt punctuates the dough, like exclamation points in otherwise seductive prose. And did I mention that peanut butter is an aphrodisiac? Don\u2019t quote me on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will certainly have to make the official recipe soon, but for my Valentine, peanut butter chips are the way<\/a> to go<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CHIP COOKIES<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Makes 8 four-inch cookies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee via Reclaiming Provincial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients<\/strong>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n