Not sure what my infatuation is with peanut butter cookies lately, can NOT get enough. This recipe was inspired by another little jar of famous peanut butter from Spread Restaurant called….White Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter. Needless to say I ate the whole jar with nothing but a spoon in a few short days. After it was gone I knew I had to create a cookie with the same flavors.
Here you have my newest love….Double White Chocolate and Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies with Sea Salt. Don’t try to say that 3 times fast 🙂 Enjoy!
Here’s your line up.
Break out a small saucepan full of lightly boiling water and place a heat proof bowl over it. Add your white chips and 2 tablespoons of peanut butter and melt until smooth. This will be added to your dough, mmmm!
Here’s my secret ingredient….McCormick Gourmet Sicilian Sea Salt sprinkled on top of each cookie before baking. Brace your taste buds for that sweet and salty combo, it’s incredible here!
Take your pretty pretzels and crush them into pieces. The kids will love to help with this 🙂
So, you’ve added your white chocolate and creamy peanut butter to the dough, now you add your dry ingredients along with the white chips and pretzels pieces. Give her a good mix!
You’ll get something like this.
Scoop onto your favorite silpat or parchment lined baking sheet and press down to about 1/2 inch thick. This way they bake better.
Mmmmm, sprinkle on a touch of McCormick Gourmet Sicilian Sea Salt.
Mmmm 🙂
Ta’da! These are right up there in my top 5 cookies. Love them to pieces! Hope you enjoy.
Double White Chocolate and Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies...with Sea Salt
Equipment
- Oven
- cookie sheet
- cookie scoop
- Large Bowl
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 1 stick softened butter 8 tablespoons
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 cup white chocolate chips to melt
- 1 1/4 cups creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup broken pretzel pieces
- 1 cup additional white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place butter, sugar and brown sugar into a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, beating until well combined, a good 1-2 minutes.
- Place white chips and peanut butter over the bowl of a double broiler and heat until creamy and smooth. Add melted mixture to bowl of butter/sugar mixture, stirring to combine. Add egg and vanilla, stirring until combined.
- Slowly add flour, baking soda, salt, pretzel pieces and white chocolate chips, stir until dough forms. Scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet, placing cookies 1 inch apart from each other. Bake for 12-14 minutes, until baked through. Remove and let cool before serving.
I made these today… I was not disapointed!!! Soo yummy. Love the salt and sweet combo!! Yummmy
Wish I had one (or 5) right now!!!
If these taste 1/2 as good as these look they will be amazing! Can’t wait to try them.
Mmmm I love sweet and salty treats. Bookmarking these for later. Thanks so much for sharing. 🙂
LOVE these! Eat one for me:)
I so want to eat this! Yum!!!!!!
MMmmmmm…. Pretty sure I’m gonna love these! Thanks!
These look so good ,but I can’t eat peanut butter 🙁
Can you try it with almond butter?
To be honest Shiloh, I am not sure how almond butter would turn out. Doesn’t hurt to try!! Let us know how it turns out if you give it a go!
I can see myself eating these by the dozen…they sound delicious.
love love love sea salt on my baked goods! 🙂
Yum, I love pretzels in cookies and the PB sweet/salty combo sounds amazing, I can see why these make your top 10!
Oh the sweet and salty combo wins me over every time! Bookmarked!!
hi. just wanted to make sure – are there 2 sticks of butter? (or are you just telling us that 1 stick is 8 tablespoons?) thanks!
I cannot wait to try these! Thanks for all your wonderful recipes!
Sweet and salty is the perfect combo! And I tried to replicate that peanut butter because it looked SO good! I added coconut to it, and it was amazing! Those cookies look so delicious. I can taste them through the computer =] haha
There are NO WORDS! 🙂
Yet another recipe that goes straight to my heart! I’m in love with the sweet and salty combination, pretty much can’t get enough of yogurt or chocolate covered pretzels! I basically have to argue with myself to keep from eating entire bags of them. YUM! I’ll be putting this right at the top of my to-do list!
Sounds delightful!
Oh yes, I will be making these tonight! Thanks! Were you inspired by Spread’s white chocolate pretzel peanut butter? I got my order in yesterday and armed with a spoon, fought off my husband and daughter while I sampled every single one of them! Yikes. Too good to describe appropriately!! They came in black boxes with hot pink paper like I was opening sexy lingerie!! Among my 10 jars was the delicious white chocolate infused with pretzel peanut butter, which was my favorite and the white chocolate peanut butter cup, and the butterscotch…oh boy, I am in trouble!
Delicious!! Pretzels go so well in sweets. I’m going to try this recipe using dark chocolate chips.
Those look amazing and combine some of my favorite ingredients! And I am such a fan of your liberal use of salt, I truly think it takes baked goods to that next level.
Had cookies on the mind when I woke up this morning….now I know what I’ll be making! These sound amazing!
These look so scrumdillyicous! WOW! And the photos are beautiful!
I love love love the combo of peanut butter and pretzels. The cookies you make are unreal!
must try these 🙂
I am drooling, I absolutely love sweet and salty combos and I cannot wait to try this out!!!
Oh I love the addition of pretzels, what a great idea!
Well pretzels and peanut butter is one of the best snacks there is…so genius to put them in a cookie with some white chocolate…! Also, we MUST get to this spread place!
Jenny, you totally outdid yourself…these sound so decadent!!!
Jenny, I love all of the flavors in these sweet and salty cookies! xo
Okayyyy, This sounds so Delish!!!!! I am going to make this bad Mamma Jammas ASAP!!!!!! YuM, Thanks for sharing another FABULOUS must make now recipe!!!!!!!! Thank ya Thank Ya!!!!
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Love the sweet and salty combo! Looks delicious 🙂
OMG, so many great ingredients! I’d use dark or milk chocolate and love these!
You definitely know the way to my heart – sweet and salty!!
Well, these just about made me drool – I LOVE sweet and salty together.
This is on my “must try asap” list.
Oh my goodness, these sound incredible! Can’t wait to give these a try. That white chocolate pretzel spread is my favorite! 🙂
OH MY GOSH!!!! These sound completely amazing-printing:)