Double Chocolate Chip Cookies made with PB2 Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- ¼ cup reduced fat sour cream
- 1 T honey
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 T vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup PB2 powdered peanut butter with chocolate
- 2½ cups (315 g) AP flour
- ⅔ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder (I subbed 1 T with double Dutch cocoa for color but is not necessary)
- 1 t baking soda
- 1 t salt
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