Peanut Butter Cookies With Chocolate Chunks

A little bit different peanut butter cookie that tastes great. Half a bag of semisweet chocolate chunks can be used in place of the chopped semisweet chocolate.

• Ready In: 32 mins
• Yields: 25 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups flour
• 1⁄3 cup old fashioned oats
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1  cup chunky peanut butter
• 1  cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1⁄4 cup honey
• 1  large egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 5  ounces  semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped

Directions

1. Mix flour, oats, baking soda and salt.
2. Beat peanut butter, brown sugar, butter, honey. egg and yanilla in large bowl until well blended.
3. Stir dry ingredients into peanut butter mixture in 2 additions. Stir in chopped chocolate.
4. Cover and refrigerate until dough is firm and no longer sticky, about 30 minutes.
5. Preheat oven to 350º. With hands, roll 1 heaping tablespoonful of dough for each cookie into 1 3/4 inch ball.
6. Arrange cookies on lightly greased baking sheets, spacing 2 1/2 inches apart.
7. Bake cookies until puffed. beginning to brown on top and still very soft to touch, about 12 minutes.
8. Cool cookies on baking sheets 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to rack to cool completely.