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overhead shot of a pile of stacked Loaded Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Gluten Free Double Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with Browned Butter

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These Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are the ultimate cookie for chocolate and peanut butter lovers. The cookie's base is made with deliciously natural creamy peanut butter, gets a flavor boost from browned butter, and is loaded with peanut butter cup candy and chocolate chips.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Chill Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 32 minutes
Servings: 30
By: Sharon Lachendro
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Ingredients

For the Browned Butter

  • 8 oz. Unsalted Butter

For the Cookies

  • 2 ¼ cup Gluten Free Baking Flour with xanthan gum
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature
  • ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups chopped peanut butter cups
  • ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

Brown the Butter

  • In a small saucepot, brown your butter on low heat, stirring often. Once browned, the butter will no longer be foamy and will be golden brown with brown flecks on the bottom of the pot.
    overhead shot of browned butter in a small stainless steel saucepan
  • Pour the butter into a heat-proof bowl and set aside and allow to cool to room temperature before using. Be sure to scrape all the brown bits out of the pan - that's where the flavor is!

Make the Cookie Dough

  • Whisk together the gluten free flour (with xanthan gum), baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
    Dry ingredients in a glass bowl to make cookies
  • Add the brown sugar, granulated sugar, and browned butter the bowl of a stand mixer. Then, add the eggs, peanut butter, and vanilla extract and mix thoroughly.
    browned butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a glass bowl
  • Beat until combined.
    browned butter and sugar whisked together in a glass bowl
  • Add the eggs, peanut butter, and vanilla extract.
    wet ingredients including eggs, vanilla, and peanut butter in a glass bowl to make gluten free peanut butter cookies
  • Mix until completely combined.
    wet ingredients whisked together in a clear glass bowl to make cookies
  • Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients.
    gluten free flour blend and other dry ingredients added to the top of the wet ingredients to make gluten free peanut butter cookies
  • Mix until the cookie dough comes together and there are no streaks of dry flour left.
    wet and dry ingredients mixed together to make gluten free peanut butter cookies
  • Next, add the chopped peanut butter cups and chocolate chips.
    chocolate chips and chopped peanut butter cups added to gluten free peanut butter cookie dough ready to be mixed in
  • Mix until everything is fully incorporated (see notes). Cover the bowl and chill the cookie dough for at least 2 hours but 24 hours or overnight is ideal.
    chocolate chips and chopped peanut butter cups mixed into gluten free peanut butter cookie dough

Bake the Cookies

  • Prehead oven to 350℉ and line 2-3 half-sheet pans with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.
  • Let the cookie dough sit at room temperature for 10 minutes (to make scooping easier). Then use a large cookie scoop (2 ½ tablespoons) to portion the cookie dough into 30 cookies.
    a cookie scoop with a scoop filled with gluten free peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough held over the bowl of cookie dough
  • Roll the cookie dough into round balls and place 6-8 on a prepared baking sheet.
    six balls of gluten free peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough rolled and placed on a brown parchment paper lined cookie sheet
  • Bake on the center rack for 12 minutes. Then remove from the oven and cool on the pan for 10 minutes.
    six baked gluten free chocolate chip peanut butter cup cookies on a brown parchment paper lined cookie sheet
  • Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
    overhead shot of Loaded Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies cooling on a cooling rack
  • Keep the extra cookie dough balls in the refrigerator while you bake the cookies in batches. Alternatively, you can freeze the cookie dough until ready to bake (see notes).

Notes

  1. Please read through the recipe before starting! It may look like a lot of steps but it's because I broke each step down into the most basic form to make it easy to follow for beginner bakers. 
  2. You can use the mixer to mix in the chocolate chips and peanut butter cups but it will crush the peanut butter cups a bit. If you want the peanut butter cups to remain more intact, fold them in with a silicone spatula.
  3. You can bake these cookies after 2 hours but for the best flavor and texture, chill the dough for the full 24 hours.
  4. Freezing and Storage
    I like to bake 6 cookies at a time and then freeze the remaining dough until we need more cookies. Roll the cookie dough into round balls and then flatten the dough balls a bit (shaped like a hockey puck). This will ensure they bake evenly from frozen.Having a stash of frozen cookie dough in the freezer makes it easy to have freshly baked cookies when the craving strikes!
    You can bake the frozen cookie dough for 13 minutes and the cookies come out perfect.
    And the best part about freezing cookie dough? After a week in the freezer (up to 3 months) the cookies have the most developed flavor.

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Nutrition Information

Calories: 201kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 168mg | Potassium: 83mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 215IU | Vitamin C: 0.003mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg

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