Sometimes, what you really need to get you through that last week of February is some treats. And I feel like I am not alone on this one, since I keep seeing delicious recipes popping up all over (see here and here for examples). I try not to make cookies too often because we will just devour the whole batch and then I feel kind of icky from all the sugar. But sometimes, they are just really what’s necessary to get you through a rough day. I had a wicked craving for cookies recently and we had bought some peanut butter chips, so I decided to invent the most decadent cookies possible by combining many varieties of chocolate and peanut butter flavours. They were delicious, needless to say.

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Double Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

1 1/2 cups cocoa
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
1 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter chips

Beat together eggs, both sugars and butter. Add vanilla and peanut butter. Stir together remaining dry ingredients. Slowly add to wet mixture until combined. Stir in chocolate and peanut butter chips. Drop teaspoonfuls onto a cookie sheet. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.

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