PB and Chocolate Chip "pod" Cookies

Last night I went to a Chrismukkah party and though it wasn't required to bring anything it was a perfect opportunity for me to bake cookies! As you know I rarely bake, unless for an occasion, so that's exactly what this was. I decided to make this recipe for Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (Mr. Goodbar Cookies) that was one of the very first I found and bookmarked. It's from a Weight Watchers friendly blog that seems to no longer be active. But in any case, here goes.

Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 1/2 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- 1/3 cup chunky peanut butter
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and cover two baking sheets with parchment paper (I used a silpat for one and foil for the other)
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, and brown sugar.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and peanut butter together with a hand mixer on a high speed. Add in the egg and vanilla; beat until fluffy.
- With the mixer on a low speed, gradually beat in the flour mixture until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Drop dough by tablespoons onto the baking sheets, forming 24 cookies total.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes
- Transfer to a cooking rack and cool completely.

The original recipe said to use the bottom of a drinking glass to press down on each dough ball and then use a fork to create criss-cross marks; I didn't do this. My dough was very crumbly and it was hard for the balls to stay together so when I tried to press them down they just fell apart, so I stopped. The original also mentions how her cookies didn't spread and mine didn't either! It was very frustrating. They ended up like little pods of cookies, as you see below.

In the end, yes they tasted good (I mean peanut butter and chocolate don't often taste bad together), but they looked not so good. They were definitely not an attractive cookie; however, still ended up being a success at the party and got eaten up! They're only 2 PointsPlus/cookie so definitely a good Weight Watchers option, if you can get past the weird look.