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Home » Baking

Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies

By: Kita · Published Oct 13, 2011 · Updated: Feb 2, 2017 · This post may contain affiliate links

Peanut butter pretzel cookies are soft peanut butter cookies with salty, crunchy peanuts and pretzels inside and out.

Peanut butter pretzel cookies are soft peanut butter cookies with salty, crunchy peanuts and pretzels inside and out. \\ PassTheSushi.com

I tore out an article in my Rachael Ray September 2011 magazine about sneaky short cuts and pantry staples real chefs aren't afraid to use in their own kitchen to share with you guys. Then I lost it. Knowing that I wanted to use it as a segue into this post, I spent an hour digging it out again.

The article features Tim Love using Funyuns on fish, pop rocks on foie gras (Graham Elliot), and a confession of love for moth Miracle Whip (Micheal Symon) and Velveeta (Ron Eyester). Now, we can over enunciate fancy Italian cheeses, pretty up casseroles to no longer use scary canned cream of's, and pretend that we would never use America singles to snaz up a dish in public. But in private, I bet we all have a guilty pleasure or snack food secret we wouldn't tell a soul about.

Personally, it's against the rules to not serve Handsome his famous mac and cheese at least once a week in this house - drenched in nothing but melted Velveeta.

Now, as for sneaking a little snack food into this post...

Check out these peanut butter pretzel cookies for a salty sweet snack you wont be able to ignore.

Peanut butter pretzel cookies are soft peanut butter cookies with salty, crunchy peanuts and pretzels inside and out. \\ PassTheSushi.com

Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies

Peanut butter pretzel cookies are soft peanut butter cookies with salty, crunchy peanuts and pretzels inside and out. \\ PassTheSushi.comThis recipe is from a magazine page that had been ripped out - no date or copyright information on the page though. Sorry

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • ½ teas baking soda
  • 6 oz. unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 ¼ cups sugar
  • 1 cup smooth peanut butter
  • 2 eggs, at room temperature
  • ½ cups unsalted roasted peanuts, chopped
  • 6 cups miniature pretzels, chopped

Preparation:

Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. In a bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda.
Using an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar and peanut butter on a medium speed until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. With the mixer on low speed, gradually add the flour mixture, beating until just combined, stir in the peanuts.

Place the pretzels in a bowl. using a 1 ½ inch diameter cookie scoop and working in batches, drop a few balls of dough in the bowl and toss to coat. Place the cookies on the prepared pans. Bake, rotating the pans after 10 minutes, until golden bt still sodt to the touch, about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly before transferring to racks to cool.

Peanut butter pretzel cookies are soft peanut butter cookies with salty, crunchy peanuts and pretzels inside and out. \\ PassTheSushi.com

This is week 3 of the 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies! Please check out all of the other wonderful bloggers participating and thank Brenda at Meal Planning Magic for hosting such a great event!

Now after that hour of rummaging through magazine clippings, am I late for work? Does the Geico little piggie commercial make me laugh no matter how many times I've seen it?

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  1. Pam @ From Apples To Zucchini says

    October 13, 2011 at 7:23 am

    Oh I think I have died and gone to HEAVEN! I would probably eat every one of these! I'm loving your picks so far - I always get excited to come by and see what's next!

    Reply
  2. Tina@flourtrader says

    October 13, 2011 at 7:59 am

    Whoa! what a sweet and salty treat-6 cups of pretzels in this recipe! I have had cookies with just the pretzels on top-not actually in the batter. Definitely a must try

    Reply
  3. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts says

    October 13, 2011 at 8:50 am

    Convenience is key in real life - NO shame!! Awesome cookies!

    Reply
  4. RavieNomNoms says

    October 13, 2011 at 9:38 am

    I love these cookies! Dipping pretzel sticks into peanut butter is one of my most favorite snacks. Total guilty pleasure. It is good for you right?! hehe

    So these cookies would be right up my alley! Loving them. And all those pretzels! Holy moly

    Reply
  5. Erin says

    October 13, 2011 at 10:03 am

    Glad to know that it's not completely wrong to use prepared things sometimes according to the higher ups :-).

    Reply
  6. amanda @ fake ginger says

    October 13, 2011 at 10:41 am

    I love love love the sweet & salty combo so pretzels AND salted peanuts in the same cookie is like heaven for me. You should make me some. 😛

    Reply
  7. The Mom Chef ~ Taking on Magazines One Recipe at a Time says

    October 13, 2011 at 11:07 am

    Ooooh, pretzels in a cookie; with peanut butter. I love it. I'll just have to pry the pretzel bag out of Hubby's hands. Thanks for finding that article too. It always cracks me up to find the secrets that these Chefs have.

    Reply
  8. SarahCupcake says

    October 13, 2011 at 11:12 am

    Are you kidding me, I would use pretzels unabashedly in any recipe! Delcious!

    Reply
  9. Susie says

    October 13, 2011 at 11:12 am

    I love pretzels and would eat a million of these cookies. The boys "hate" pretzels which I find strange, but I guess that would mean more cookies for me. 🙂

    Reply
    • Kita says

      October 16, 2011 at 10:30 pm

      Hate pretzels? Oh thats just silly of them. They are my default snack. The fat little ones in tomato basil hummus taste just like a combo - tell the boys that and I bet their opinions would change super quick!

      Reply
  10. Lacy says

    October 13, 2011 at 12:35 pm

    Yum!! These look delicious! I'll take pretzels any which way but most definitely in a cookie!

    Reply
  11. Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. says

    October 13, 2011 at 12:52 pm

    PB and pretzels is a great combo! These cookies look so yummy!!

    Reply
  12. Michael Ann says

    October 13, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    I love salty/sweet combos. These sounds good!

    Reply
  13. Amilia says

    October 13, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    These look great! I made peanut butter pretzel chocolate chunk cookies a couple weeks ago and I think they may have been the best cookies I've ever had! Pretzels add such a good flavor to cookies!

    Reply
  14. Cassie l Bake Your Day says

    October 13, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    Awesome combination, I love the textures in these!

    Reply
  15. nicole says

    October 13, 2011 at 3:04 pm

    I love these cookies. I love the pretzel flavor and texture in there

    Reply
  16. Carrie @ poet in the pantry says

    October 13, 2011 at 4:31 pm

    YUM! Yes, we all have our dirty little secrets. If it tastes good, though, why not? 😉

    Reply
  17. BreAna {Sugar & Spice & All Things Iced} says

    October 13, 2011 at 4:34 pm

    These look amazingly delicious! I love peanut butter and adding pretzels, that sounds fantastic! 🙂

    Reply
  18. Jenn says

    October 13, 2011 at 7:40 pm

    Wow! These look so yummy! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  19. Emily @ Life on Food says

    October 13, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    I call these Cowboy cookies. They are so good!

    Reply
  20. Brenda @ Meal Planning Magic says

    October 13, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    Now THESE look delicious! I love chocolate covered pretzels and even those pretzel M&Ms. These are a perfect combo of those wrapped up in a cookie...delish!

    Reply
  21. Curt says

    October 13, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    Pretzels go so well in cookies. Especially with peanut butter!

    Reply
  22. Jamie says

    October 13, 2011 at 10:35 pm

    What a unique cookie. I would love the sweet and salty combo. A snack and cookie rolled up in one. They look wonderful.

    Reply
  23. Belinda @zomppa says

    October 13, 2011 at 11:18 pm

    Wow, I am pretty sure I could not resist.

    Reply
  24. Trisha says

    October 13, 2011 at 11:55 pm

    These have all sorts of yummies that I absolutely adore. They must be seriously yum!

    Reply
  25. Ann says

    October 14, 2011 at 12:51 am

    Honestly -that's my kind of cookie! I love the sweet, salty, crunchy elements. Delicious and buzzed!

    Reply
  26. Mary at n00bcakes says

    October 14, 2011 at 8:11 am

    Oh man, these look downright tasty! It's been awhile since I've made cookies...I think the time may have come. Love the guilty-pleasure ingredient bit too (it's so true!)...though to be honest, I don't think I'd ever want Velveeta in *anything*. O.o

    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Kita says

      October 16, 2011 at 10:24 pm

      I wont lie, his mac and cheese is pretty delicious once you get over that its not really mac and cheese at all. lol

      Reply
  27. Eliot says

    October 14, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    I have made choco chip cookies with pretzels, but I bet these are to die for.

    Reply
  28. Karen says

    October 14, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    As someone who often dips her pretzels directly into the PB jar, I love these cookies! Great salty/sweet snack.

    Reply
  29. Grubarazzi (@Grubarazzi) says

    October 14, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    Oh come on! You are just getting too creative. LOL. this is fantastic. Now I'm imaging them with chocolate covered pretzels...nom...nom..

    Reply
  30. Imwaytoobusy says

    October 14, 2011 at 10:44 pm

    I have so been through that.... digging through piles trying to find an article I'd saved. That's the most frustrating feeling! I love the article's crazy ingredient mentions. Pop Rocks? That's just awesome. So is Handsome - mac n cheese is my weakness. It should be a weekly requirement for all of us.
    I love the pretzel idea though. Very cute. I love the idea of crunchy pretzels crammed into cookies 😉

    Reply
    • Kita says

      October 16, 2011 at 10:21 pm

      You should see all my folders in a rather pathetic attempt to be organized... lol

      Reply
  31. Dionne Baldwin says

    October 14, 2011 at 11:26 pm

    YOU SAID PEANUT BUTTER! YAY! Oh I love peanut butter so much I wanna marry it! Well, not really but you get my drift. 🙂 These cookies look like they're waiting for me to snatch them right up! Oh, I'm sure I'll end up making these. Cookies and I rendezvous on a regular basis.

    I hope you have a great next couple of days, since this might be "nacho" Friday. 🙂

    Reply
  32. Liz says

    October 15, 2011 at 9:30 am

    These look fabulous, Kita! It's never too early to start trying out potential Christmas cookie recipes. This sweet/salty combo has got to be amazing!

    Reply
  33. Vicki @ WITK says

    October 15, 2011 at 5:04 pm

    You totally had me at salty/sweet, LOVE IT!

    Reply
  34. Sandra says

    October 15, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    Peanut Butter + Pretzels = Yum-Yum!!

    Reply
  35. Lauren at Keep It Sweet says

    October 16, 2011 at 9:47 am

    I love the combination of peanut butter and pretzels, but put them in cookies and I am in love!

    Reply
  36. Foodness Gracious says

    October 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    Nice, who the heck dosen't like sweet and salty? Pshht.. I love it and never want to be far from it ever. Strange Sunday ramble completed..
    Take care and have a great day at work,

    Reply
    • Kita says

      October 16, 2011 at 10:19 pm

      Strange Sunday rants always welcome and appreciated here 😉

      Reply
  37. Simply Life says

    October 17, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    what a great idea for cookies! I love everything about this!

    Reply

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