Peanut Butter Cookies With Chocolate Stars
What a great combination, soft Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Stars! I can’t find chocolate stars in our town anymore so, once again, we drive to Amish Country for them. A lot of people put Hershey Kisses in their peanut butter cookies but I make these cookies for Christmas and the chocolate stars are a Christmas tradition in my house. These are another family favorite that I have made for decades. They also freeze well as long as you freeze them on a baking sheet first and then put them in a freezer bag.
Ingredients
In a medium bowl, whisk
dry ingredients together.
In another medium bowl, cream
butter with the peanut butter.
Add the sugars to the peanut butter
mixture and mix until combined.
Add the egg and vanilla
and mix until fluffy.
Add the flour, a little a time,
until completely mixed in.
Roll into 1” balls.
Roll each ball into granulated sugar.
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet
2” apart. Bake in a 375 degree preheated
oven for 12 minutes.
Immediately
press a Chocolate star into the cookies
as soon as they come out of the oven.
Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Stars
http://www.InDianesKitchen.com
Ingredients
- 1¾ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- chocolate stars, or kisses
- 1/2 cup sugar, for rolling cookie balls into
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- In another medium bowl, cream the butter and peanut butter together.
- Add both of the sugars to the peanut butter mixture and mix together.
- Add egg and vanilla and mix until creamy and smooth.
- Stir in the flour mixture a little at a time until it all is well blended.
- Shape into 1″ balls and roll into granulated sugar.
- Place on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and immediately press a chocolate star into the center of each cookie.
- This makes about 30 cookies. These can be frozen if you freeze them flat first and then place them in a freezer bag.
They looks nice and soft. I like the stars.
Thanks Cathryn!
I love the idea of freezing them. I’ll have to give them a try soon.
I freeze all my Christmas cookies. By double bagging them they stay so fresh. I try to use them within a month. It’s great for Christmas cookie baking since I make so many!
I like the frozen ones for when I’m in a hurry. Homemade frozen would definitely be better.
Nice recipe
Thanks!
These sound wonderful! Have you ever tried them with cashew butter? I have a peanut allergy so PB is out of the question. I’m wondering if you can substitute without a problem.
No I have not ever had cashew butter! I would definitely give it a try though! If it is the same consistency as peanut butter I don’t see why it wouldn’t work, Let me know how they turned out if you make them.
I will! I feel an experiment closing in lol
Hahaha I bet it will work!
These look delicious. I love the idea of the stars 🌼
Thanks I have been using them forever!
They look delicious – not sure about some of the photos of the preparation though. Taken out of context some of them could be of anything other than cookies in the making!
Thanks appreciate your honesty!
They look so good!!
Thank you so much!
Thanks, Diane for sharing this recipe! I have already saved a link to your recipe, and I think they are going to be added to my Xmas biscuits selection 🙂
You are very welcome! They are a staple with my Christmas cookies as well!
Here in Canada, we have chocolates called Rosebuds that look like the stars. I think I will try these as I am in the middle of my Christmas Baking right now.
I love that name! Let me know what you think. The cookie is so good!
I will probably get them made this week sometime so will take a pic and let you know if the kids like them.
Great! Kids always love peanut butter and chocolate!!!
They look awesome. I want to try the eggless version of this recipe and also with maple butter. Will it work?
I don’t see why not. The only thing will be how well the cookie holds up when you push the chocolate star or kiss into it. Give it a try!
Thank you Diane. Will try it out
Thanks. I have so much peanut butter lying at home. This is superb!
Thank you….enjoy!!!
Boy, this takes me back. When I was a kid, this type of cookie was always around for the holidays. But I can’t tell you now how many years it’s been since I’ve had one! I love the look of the star more than the kiss – nice idea.
Awe what wonderful memories! I like the star too. Thank you Jeff!
These are my sister’s favorite cookies, except she always cheats and uses store-bought cookie dough. These look great and I’m sure they would freeze more satisfactorily than the ones made with ready-made dough. This recipe is definitely a keeper!
I have never tried store bought cookie dough but a lot of people love it. Thanks Janet!
Peanut butter and chocolate is a great combination. I like the idea of putting a star on each cookie. I’ll see if I can find chocolate stars where I live.
Thank you Linda I hope you can.
So gonna try this!
They are delicious, enjoy!
I found the stars and going to make the cookies on Thursday with Maya.
Yeah!!!!! They are a soft peanut butter cookie which makes them even better! How funny because right now I am munching on some of the leftover stars….seriously!