Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

This simple mix-and-drop dough comes together in minutes and may not even require a shopping trip, thanks to its pantry-friendly ingredients.

Yield: 3 dozen (serving size: 1 cookie)

Ingredients

• 1  cup  granulated sugar
• 1  cup  packed brown sugar
• 1/2  cup  creamy peanut butter
• 1/4  cup  water
• 1/4  cup  canola oil
• 2  teaspoons  vanilla extract
• 2  large egg whites
• 1  large egg
• 12  ounces  all-purpose flour (about 2 2/3 cups)
• 1  teaspoon  baking powder
• 1  teaspoon  baking soda
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 2/3  cup  semisweet chocolate minichips

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. Combine first 8 ingredients in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth.

3. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Add flour mixture to peanut butter mixture, stirring just until combined. Stir in minichips. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on 2 baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 12 minutes or until golden. Cool on a wire rack.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

128 (32% from fat)

Fat:

4.5g (sat 1.1g,mono 2.2g,poly 1g)

Protein:

2.3g

Carbohydrate:

20.5g

Fiber:

0.6g

Cholesterol:

6mg

Iron:

0.8mg

Sodium:

106mg

Calcium:

16mg