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Heart-Shaped Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies

The sweetest Valentine's Day treat!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 20 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup flour 188 g
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup butter unsalted, room temperature,
  • ½ cup peanut butter creamy
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Chococlate Ganache

  • 4 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • ¼ cup heavy whipping cream

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Mix flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl
  • Using your paddle attachment in a stand-mixer, beat the butter, peanut butter, and sugars on medium speed 3-4 min until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla, mix on low until combined.
  • Add the flour mixture, beat on low speed until mixed thoroughly.
  • Spoon out golf ball sized amounts of dough. Space them evenly on a large baking sheet. Bake 12-14 minutes on the middle rack.
  • As soon as they come out of the oven, make a heart shape indentation using a spoon.
  • To make the chocolate ganache. Heat cream in a small saucepan until lightly bubbling. Pour over chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl, stir until they are melted and are smooth.
  • Spoon about a teaspoon amount of the chocolate ganache onto the cookie, spread into the heart shaped indentation.
Keyword chocolate, cookies, Family Friendly, peanut, peanut butter, sugar, Valentine's Day