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Sweet and Salty Peanut Butter Cookies

Chewy peanut butter cookies w M&Ms made extra special with a sweet-salty twist!

Ingredients

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1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup + 2 tablespoons peanut butter
1 1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup M&M baking bits (the color doesn't 'bleed' when baking or 1/2 cup chocolate chips or peanut butter chips)
2 1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 1/4 tsp salt

1
Mix the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and set aside.
2
Beat the butter and sugars together till fluffy and creamy. This takes me about 5 minutes.
3
Add the egg, beat for a minute.
4
In goes the vanilla, beat till combined.
5
Add the dry ingredients and mix till just combined.
6
Fold in M&Ms with a spatula.
7
Let the dough rest covered in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.
8
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees & line a baking sheet with parchment paper
9
Mix the salt and sugar for topping in a bowl
10
Make 1-inch balls of dough with a spoon or cookie scoop and drop into the bowl, roll it gently to coat and place on the baking sheet.
11
Repeat till your sheet is full taking care to leave 2 inches between the cookies.
12
Bake for 10-13 minutes or until the edges are golden brown but the cookie is still very soft in the middle. The cookie will still be fragile.
13
Wait a few minutes and then carefully transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool all the way through.