Description
Rich peanut butter butterfinger cookies combine classic American candy bar crunch with homemade cookie comfort. Candy pieces deliver unexpected texture and sweet nostalgia for chocolate and peanut butter enthusiasts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup chopped Butterfinger candy bars
- ½ cup (1 stick or 113 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat oven to 350F and line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- Mixing Base: Cream butter, peanut butter, white and brown sugars in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy, then blend in egg and vanilla extract until smooth and well-incorporated.
- Dry Ingredients: Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, then gradually fold into wet mixture, stirring until just combined.
- Butterfinger Integration: Gently fold crushed Butterfinger pieces throughout the dough, ensuring even distribution.
- Shaping Cookies: Roll dough into uniform balls, placing them 2 inches apart on prepared sheets, and create classic crosshatch patterns using fork tines.
- Baking Process: Bake for 10-12 minutes, watching for golden-brown edges and slightly soft centers, understanding cookies will continue setting during cooling.
- Cooling Technique: Let cookies rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely before serving or storing.
Notes
- Prevent Overmixing: Stop stirring cookie dough as soon as dry and wet ingredients combine to maintain tender, soft texture.
- Crush Butterfinger Carefully: Chop candy bars into small, uniform pieces to ensure even distribution and consistent crunch throughout cookies.
- Temperature Matters: Use room temperature butter and egg for smoother blending and better cookie consistency.
- Cooling is Crucial: Let cookies rest on baking sheet for 5 minutes to help them set and prevent breaking when transferring to cooling rack.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 14 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 29 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg