Description
A peanut butter spin on classic rocky road cookies!
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1/4 cup canola oil (or any neutral-flavoured vegetable oil)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- pinch of kosher salt
- 1/3 cup chopped nuts (like peanuts, walnuts, or pecans)
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon baking mat.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the egg, brown sugar, peanut butter, oil, and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder (you may want to sift the cocoa), baking powder, salt, nuts, and chocolate chips.
- Add the dry mixture to the wet by gently folding with a spatula, starting with incorporating only half the dry mixture, and then the rest. The mixture will be quite thick.
- Form 9-10 balls of dough (around 1.5 tbsp per ball) and place on the lined baking sheet. A large ice cream scoop works well for this. Then gently press down on each cookie with a spatula (the dough will be sticky/oily, so using something like a silicon spatula will prevent it from sticking to your hands too much). Top each cookie with 2-3 mini marshmallows.
- Bake for around 10-12 minutes. Let cool completely, and store in an airtight container.
Notes
For Vegan: Replace egg with 3 tbsp aquafaba (the liquid from a chickpea can). I’ve tried this substitution and it works great in this recipe! Instead of the aquafaba, you could also try using an extra 1/4-1/2 tsp baking powder and/or adding one flax egg (1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 2.5 tbsp water, let sit for 5 minutes before mixing with other ingredients). I have only tried these with the aquafaba substitution. Also, use vegan marshmallows and chocolate chips.
For Gluten Free: Use gluten free 1:1 flour, and ensure chocolate chips are gluten free.
For Nut Free: Replace peanut butter with sunflower seed butter or tahini, and replace nuts with chopped up pretzels, graham crackers (or just omit the nuts!).
Keywords: peanut butter rocky road cookies