Peanut Butter, Take One

My first thought of how to use my new Earth Balance nut butters was with apple slices, but that quickly turned to peanut butter cookies. I used this recipe from Smitten Kitchen.

I used the classic creamy peanut butter.

Chocolate chips improve everything. 

I didn't follow the directions by smoothing out the dough into little balls and rolling in sugar and kept burning the cookies. These were the 3 survivors. I still had some dough left, so I followed the directions to a T with the last bit of dough.

Imagine, it worked! These cooked much more evenly. Even if a step may seem like a hassle or insignificant, it's probably there for a reason. Either way, the cookies were delish and peanut butter and chocolate go hand in hand. I think I may make some peanut butter cupcakes for my work party on Thursday. Unless anyone has any other peanut butter baking ideas?