Peanut Butterfinger Chunk Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces, room temperature
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups chunky peanut butter (not old-fashioned style)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 10 1/2 ounces butterfinger candy bars, cut into 1/2 inch pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 grease two cookie sheets.
• 3 blend sugars, butter, egg whites and vanilla in processor until fluffy, stopping to scrape down sides, about 1 minute.
• 4 add peanut butter and continue processing until combined, about 20 seconds.
• 5 add flour, baking soda and salt and blend until just combined, pulsing.
• 6 do not over process.
• 7 transfer to a large bowl.
• 8 stir in chopped butterfinger bars.
• 9 mound dough by 1+1/2 tablespoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets, spacing 2 inches apart.
• 10 flatten slightly using fingers.
• 11 bake until dry in appearance and centers are still slightly soft to touch, about 15 minutes.
• 12 cool on cookie sheets 3 minutes.
• 13 transfer to rack and cool completely.