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Salted Caramel Peanut Butter Cookies

Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time12 minutes
Course: Dessert
Servings: 20
Author: Southern Made Simple

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter - room temp
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs - room temp
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp corn starch
  • 2 1/2 cups Bob's Red Mill All Purpose Flour
  • 10-15 soft caramel candies - chopped into small pieces
  • 1/2 cup salted peanut halves
  • A sprinkle of course sea salt for each cookie
  • Caramel topping for adding an extra drizzle optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 F
  • Using a stand mixer, cream together the butter, peanut butter and sugars
  • While mixing, add in eggs one at a time.
  • Add in vanilla, baking soda and corn starch
  • Add in caramel pieces and peanut halves
  • Slowly add in Bob's Red Mill flour - making sure it gets fully incorporated into the dough
  • Scoop a spoon full of dough into your hands and roll into a ball - making sure no caramel pieces are visible. You can gently flatten the dough a little with your palm if you like a flatter cookie
  • Place each ball on a foil lined greased cookie sheet and sprinkle with just a pinch of sea salt
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes (Note: Caramel WILL ooze out - don't be alarmed)
  • Allow to cool on pan for no longer than a minute or two before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling (Any excess caramel that oozed out should easily break off at this time)
  • Serve with a glass of milk and enjoy!

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