Whole Grain Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
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INGREDIENTS
  • ½ cup all purpose flour
  • 1 cup whole-wheat flour
  • 1 cup whole-barley flour(I use Bob's Red Mill)
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • ¾ cup unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup peanut butter
  • ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ tsp. instant espresso powder
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 tbsp. cider vinegar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 ½ cup dark chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
  1. I adapted this recipe from an article in The Oregonian Foodday. Very tasty and you have the added bonus of each cookie containing about 7 grams of whole grains!
  2. Ingredients:
  3. ½ cup all purpose flour
  4. 1 cup whole-wheat flour
  5. 1 cup whole-barley flour(I use Bob's Red Mill)
  6. 1 tsp. salt
  7. ½ tsp. baking soda
  8. 1 tsp. baking powder
  9. ¾ cup unsalted butter
  10. ¼ cup peanut butter
  11. ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
  12. ¾ cup granulated sugar
  13. ½ tsp. instant espresso powder
  14. 2 tsp. vanilla
  15. 1 tbsp. cider vinegar
  16. 1 egg
  17. 1 ½ cup dark chocolate chips
  18. Directions:
  19. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  20. Cream the butter and peanut butter with the sugars and espresso powder until smooth and somewhat lightened.
  21. Add the vanilla, vinegar and egg, mixing enough just to incorporate, then mix in the dry ingredients. Stir in the chocolate chips.
  22. Using a small ice cream scoop, drop the batter onto baking pans and bake until golden brown, about 12 – 14 minutes.
  23. Cool for a few minutes before transferring to a rack to cool completely.
  24. Yields about 2 - 2 1/2 dozen cookies.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
I adapted this recipe from an article in The Oregonian Foodday. Very tasty and you have the added bonus of each cookie containing about 7 grams of whole grains!