Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

I have semi-sweet chocolate chips on hand right now because I wanted to make muddy buddies. Usually I have milk chocolate because I just like them better for when I make cookies. So, I tried this recipe as a way to use up some of the semi-sweet chips. The recipe directions were super simple. Add all the ingredients except the milk and chocolate chips to a mixing bowl and mix.

After mixing those, it says to add 1/2-1 tablespoon of milk to make the dough smooth. Honestly I probably could have gotten away with not adding the milk at all, my dough was already pretty smooth at this stage. But, since I'd never tried this recipe before I added 1/2 tablespoon. I also added the lesser amount of chocolate chips because I don't like my cookies overloaded.

At this point the dough was super smooth and squishy. Almost moreso than I would have liked. I rolled it into balls and popped them into the oven.

I baked them for the shortest amount of time since I like soft chewy cookies. These were beyond soft and chewy. Almost all of them fell apart as I tried to take them off the cookie sheet to cool.

For the next batch, I baked them the maximum amount of time. Those ones held up better, but they were still extremely fragile. They taste pretty good, but I'm not impressed with how the dough behaves. Maybe next time I'll eliminate the milk entirely. Husband likes them, but I have yet to bake something he doesn't like. I think these will only get 2 stars and may find themselves in the fail pile.