Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

I have been loving peanut butter a lot lately. I saw these delicious looking cookies on Picky Palates recipe blog and thought how great chocolate and peanut butter. Could you ask for more. They turned out super yummy.

Peanut Butter Cookie:

1 c. peanut butter

1 c. sugar

1 egg

Mix together in a bowl.

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies:

2 sticks softened butter

1 c. sugar

3/4 c. brown sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 3/4 c. flour

1 1/4 cup cocoa powder

2 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

1 c. chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix flour, cocoa, soda and salt in separate bowl. Combine with wet. Add chips.

Take a tablespoon of each cookie dough and press together. Bake 9-11 mins.

For anyone who has had Paradise Bakery black and white chippers the chocolate part of the cookie tastes just like them. She also makes just the chocolate cookie with white chocolate chips to re create the yummy black and white chippers from Paradise. Try it out both ways. You won't regret it.

Blackberry Cream Cheese Muffins

Once again another delicious Picky Palate recipe. I had company this past week and wanted to make some muffins and saw this recipe. It was absolutely delicious and one for my recipe file.

10 oz. fresh blackberries

2 Tbsp. sugar

1 stick softened butter

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

1 c. sugar

1 Tbsp. orange zest

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 c. flour

3/4 c. whole wheat flour

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/8 tsp. salt

1/3 c. heavy cream

Heaping 1/4 c. powder sugar

1 tsp. milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place blackberries and 2 Tbsp. of sugar in bowl and stir. Set aside. Mix butter, cream cheese, sugar and orange zest. Slowly beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Place flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in another bowl. Add half of flour mix, then half of heavy cream, flour and cream to butter mix. Spray 24 muffin cups. Fill about 3/4 full of batter. Press 3-4 blackberries into top of unbaked muffin. Reserve any berry juice for drizzle. Bake 18-23 minutes or until golden brown. Mix berry juice, powder sugar and milk. Drizzle over tops of muffins.