Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda.
1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour spooned and leveled, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp baking soda
Use a hand mixer to cream the butter and peanut butter together in a medium bowl. Add the granulated sugar and brown sugar, beating until fluffy. Add in the egg, extra egg yolk and vanilla extract, beating until fully combined.
½ cup unsalted butter softened, ½ cup peanut butter, ½ cup granulated sugar, 3/4 cup light brown sugar lightly packed, 1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk room temperature, 1 tsp vanilla extract
Fold in the dry ingredients just until barely combined, then fold in the chocolate chips.
1 cup chocolate chips*
Use a small ice cream scooper to scoop out heaping amounts of dough. Place on a cookie sheet and refrigerate for 30 minutes.**
Preheat the oven to 350F/177C convection (or 325F/162C conventional), remove the cookie dough from the refrigerator and roll the cookies into even balls (they don't have to be perfect but will produce more attractive cookies).
Bake for 13-15 minutes and allow to cool before serving.***

*You can use milk, bittersweet, or dark chocolate. I prefer to use real baking chocolate and chop it myself (my favorite is Guittard baking bars) because this creates the melted pools of chocolate in cookies (& tastes better).
**You don't have to refrigerate if you're short on time, but make sure to cut 1-2 minutes of baking time. These are best after refrigerated for at least 30 minutes but they are good without.
***Cookies can be under-baked, perfectly baked, or over-baked within a one minute difference so my perfect cookie may be slightly different than yours. Baking for 15 minutes, the edges were golden brown and the centers were soft, however after cooling completely, these are too over-baked for me. I prefer to bake them 13-14 minutes, where they appear under-baked but then once they've cooled a few minutes on the cookie sheet, they're perfect. If you're like me, remove them when the edges are just starting to change color.