There are plenty of peanut butter cookie recipes to be sure. Soft ones. Crispy ones. Ones made with smooth peanut butter; others made with crunchy. And plenty more done up with all sorts of bits and bobs.

Then, there is Joanne Chang’s “Peanut Butter-Miso-Caramel” cookies.

They are in one simple word: perfection.

They not only taste deeply and richly of lush peanut butter, but have the added crunch of chopped roasted peanuts to boot. The piece de resistance is that little bit of white miso that adds a shadow of savoriness. They taste much like Asian peanut noodles, only sweeter and in delightful cookie form.

Best yet, they have a crackly sugar exterior that helps these cookies stay spot-on crispy outside and chewy throughout for days on end.

This fabulous recipe is from her newest and sixth cookbook, “The Joy of Cookies” (Harvest), of which I received a review copy.

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