Cookie Bake-Off

I challenged Marilyn to a cookie bake-off this month. The mission (if she chose to accept it) was to bake a batch of cookies, then give them all away to three different people, families, or groups. Except, of course, for the one(s) you have to eat to make sure they are good enough to give away! Marilyn accepted the mission and the big day was yesterday.

We decided to make the same cookies: Double Chocolate and Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies ... with Sea Salt.

I gathered my ingredients.

Cream the butter and sugars together.

Add melted white chocolate/peanut butter, egg and vanilla.

Toss in the dry ingredients.

Then the pretzels.

And the chocolate chips.

I put the dough on my new Silpat baking mat (Thanks, Mom. Love it!) and sprinkled each cookie with a touch of sea salt. Bake --

-- and enjoy!

These cookies ended up being dangerously delicious. I ate three of them -- so I know for sure!!

Here's who I shared with:

1) Julie, Jeremy, Noah, Libby and Clara

2) Ruth's Place Clinic

3) Charlie and Louise Green, my next door neighbors

And here's the recipe:

Double Chocolate and Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies ... with Sea Salt

1 stick butter, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1 cup white chocolate chips

1 1/4 cups creamy peanut butter ( reserve 2 Tablespoons to melt)

1 large egg

2 teaspoons vanilla

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup broken pretzel pieces

1 cup milk chocolate chips

Sea Salt in grinder

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Melt white chocolate chips and 2 Tablespoons peanut butter over a double boiler until melted. Add melted chocolate chips and remaining peanut butter to beaten butter and sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla.

2. Place flour, baking soda and salt in bowl; mix to combine. Add to wet ingredients until just combined then pour in pretzels and milk chocolate chips. With a cookie scoop, scoop dough onto a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet. With the palms of your hand, gently press down each cookie to about 1/2 inch in thickness. Sprinkle each cookie with a touch of sea salt. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes or until edges become golden and slightly crisp. Let cool for 10 minutes on baking sheet before removing.

Makes approximately 3 dozen cookies.