One day, my husband whined ‘can’t you make any healthy cookies?’ with a very pouty look on his face. So cute and so pouty that I had to try and come up with something.

I love peanut butter cookies, and he loves chocolate chip, so I combined them into one, made with whole wheat flour.

Now I DO use regular sugar, as I do not really believe in using such an enormous amount of a sugar substitute.

A cookie is a cookie is a cookie, and either way, we shouldn’t be consuming 10 of them at once, whether it be made with real or ‘fake’ sugar. Right?

I apparently never remember that, and also like to think ‘the more, the merrier’ applies to food.

Yum.

I start with 100% whole wheat flour, which does add a nice, nutty taste.

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This is our favorite peanut butter by far, and you must try it.
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It gives an additional ‘crunch’ to the cookies because it had flaxseeds in it.

Ahh, more texture.

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I rescued this 1/2 cup then proceeded to eat the entire jar with my fingers.

The more, the merrier!

Don’t ya’ll just love packed brown sugar lumps?

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This mixture is sugar, butter, and peanut butter.

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It just cries out, ‘eat me!’

I add some dark chocolate chippers.

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And scoop out tiny lumps with my hands.

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Yes, my hands are clean. Weirdo.

My husband loves these, while I prefer my cookies to be a bit more….chewy.

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I wouldn’t consider these dry, but I don’t think they can be classified as soft. What do we call them, then?

A confession: I’m still opening the oven door mid-bake. Still.

I have no patience. .

It’s just so exciting!

A plate o’ goodies.

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These will disappear in about 4.7 seconds.

Delectable.

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Is that a word? I thought it was, but when I typed it, it didn’t look correct. Someone please alert me if it isn’t. And please find a better word to describe these cookies. You can be my own personal thesaurus.

Let me know if you like. :)

Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Ingredients

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Beat butter, peanut butter, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla, mixing until combined.
  • Add in the dry ingredients and mix on lowest speed. Fold in chocolate chips.
  • Place spoonfuls of dough on cookie sheet at bake at 350 for about 10 minutes.
  • Let cool before eating. Or not.
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