How To Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Just Like Grandma
Some recipes are just that—a recipe. Then there are the ones you can taste how much love they’re made with. For me, that’s my Grandma’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies.
If my grandma was ever invited anywhere—whether a family gathering, church event, or just a surprise visit—you could count on her to have a Ziploc bag full of her delicious cookies. They were soft, sweet, and impossible to eat just one… not that anyone ever tried.
Growing up just down the road from her house meant I spent countless hours in her kitchen, measuring sugar, stirring batter, and sneaking bites of cookie dough. Even after our “taste tests,” she always made sure we tried just one more before they went into the oven.
A Family Recipe That Lasts Generations
When I moved into my first apartment, one of the first things I baked was Grandma’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. Years later, I still make them in my own kitchen, now with my children. Their little hands reach for the chocolate chips just like I used to.
The recipe card, now faded and spotted from years of use, lives in a frame by my kitchen window. It’s more than paper—it’s a piece of my childhood that stays with me every day.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup soft shortening
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups self-rising flour
(if using all-purpose, add 1/2 tsp baking soda & 1/2 tsp salt) - 1 package semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix shortening, peanut butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla until well combined.
- Sift flour (and soda/salt if needed), then stir into the wet mixture.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Drop spoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake 8–12 minutes, until edges are lightly golden.
- Cool slightly before moving to a wire rack—if they last that long.
More Than Just Cookies
Every time I bake these Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, the smell takes me right back to Grandma’s kitchen—warm, safe, and full of laughter. They’re more than just cookies; they’re a taste of home.
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