The Cottage's Best Cookie Recipe

A short post today because Madam Lu is off to Grandmama's and I have to work on that horrendous list I promised....

And now for the BEST, really honestly, cookie recipe in the world...developed at Cottage De Haven.  Please try it and let me know what you think.  Also, feel free to share the recipe, as everyone who has a cookie will want it...just make sure to reference Cottage De Haven as the author!

Cottage De Haven Cookies

1 cup butter, softened
2 cups creamy peanut butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
2 eggs
2 TBL of milk
2 pours vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 bag Reece's peanut butter chips
1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chunks
1 flat dish with sugar to roll cookies in


In a large bowl beat butter and peanut butter.  Add sugars.  Beat.  Add eggs.  Beat.  Add milk and vanilla.  Beat.  Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt.  Beat.  Add peanut butter chips and chocolate chunks.  Stir.  Roll cookies in sugar.  Do not smash with fork, keep them in little ball shapes.

Bake 350* for 10 - 12 Minutes.  Set the timer.  DO NOT OVERBAKE.  Cookies will appear underdone, but they are not.  Let the cookies cool on sheet for @ 1-2 minutes (or until they are set just enough to move).  Move to cooling rack.

Cookies are slightly crispy/chewy on the outside and soft and amazing on the inside.

NOTES on Baking at the Cottage:
1.  If you use butter with salt, you do not need to add salt to your baking.

2. It is a myth that everything must be measured to an exact amount in baking.  This is a fairy tale bakers have perpetuated because it makes them feel superior.  Actually measurements such as "a dump" or "a pour" or "a handful" are perfectly acceptable in baking.

3. Another baking myth is the "in separate bowl mix flour, baking powder/soda, and salt.  This is never important and simply makes more dirty dishes.  First pour all of your flour on top of your dough.  Then add your sodas and salt on top.  When you mix the flour in, the other stuff gets mixed as well.  Seriously, save yourself the extra step!

4. If a cookie recipe is good enough to make, double it.  You can freeze the dough or bake all of the cookies and freeze the extra cookies.  Or as the case is at the Cottage, share the extras with your elderly neighbors on a cold afternoon, and watch in horror as your dog climbs on the counter (surprisingly agile for a 90lb. Doberman) and snarfles half of them down!