Soft Peanut Butter Cookies with Nutella Frosting
Soft and chewy peanut butter cookies with a silky nutella frosting.
Servings: 12 Giant Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup salted butter - softened
- 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar - packed
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon corn starch
- 2 2/3 cup flour
For the Nutella frosting:
- 1/4 cup salted butter- softened
- 1/4 cup Nutella
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 3 tablespoons cream or milk - cream obviously makes the frosting fluffier but milk can be used
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a mixing bowl, add butter and peanut butter and mix together.
- Add sugars and mix.
- Add eggs and milk and mix again.
- Add salt, baking soda, cornstarch and flour and mix until a cookie dough forms. If it feels too soft add a tablespoon of flour to thicken (I only add this direction because we can’t estimate the exact moisture coming from the eggs so some intuitive adjustments might be needed for perfect results), if dough is too thick, add a little more milk.
- Form into balls then press down on a lined cookie sheet with the bottom of a cup.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes, we want them just barely cooked enough, just trust me on this.
- Cool cookies down completely, chilled is good too.
- Mix together the frosting then frost the cookies and enjoy.
- Freezing these cookies gives them a little extra goodness and makes for great treats on days you need a cookie.