salted peanut butter cup cookies.

Recently featured on Kodiak Cakes Instagram.

Peanut butter is one of my favorite things in the world! So when Kodiak Cakes came out with their new Peanut Butter Powercake mix, I was super excited. I used this mix to make peanut butter cookies. I added some mini peanut butter cups to the batter, along with some sea salt on top. It’s the perfect combination of sweet and salty! This is a must-try recipe.

Recipe:

• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened slightly
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 and 3/4 cup peanut butter Kodiak Cakes mix
• about 10 mini peanut butter cups – I used Justin’s, crushed
• course sea salt, for topping

Instructions:

• preheat oven to 375 degrees
• with an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar on medium speed until fluffy – about 3 minutes
• add vanilla and egg and mix until smooth
• in a separate bowl, mix Kodiak Cakes mix, salt, and baking soda
• add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in about 3 increments, mixing after each addition
• add crushed peanut butter cups and mix until just combined
• scoop tablespoon size balls of batter onto a greased baking sheet
• flatten out with a fork, then cross over your fork lines and flatten again (not too flat, just to make the fork marks)
• sprinkle each cookie with course sea salt
• bake for 8-10 minutes (I always under-bake my cookies a little bit so they’re softer when they cool – I baked mine for 8 minutes)
• remove from the oven and let cool on a cooling rack
• enjoy!