Candi's Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon apple sauce 
• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1 cup brown sugar 
• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 3 ounce cream cheese softened
• 2  eggs 
• 2.5 cups flour all-purpose
• 2 cups peanut butter chips 
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.3 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• wire rack

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Stir together the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa; set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, cream cheese, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and applesauce. Blend in the dry ingredients to form a dough. Fold in the peanut butter chips by hand. Drop the dough by teaspoons two inches apart on a ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.