Monday, April 23, 2012

Mix it Up Monday

I offered to provide cookies for an event last weekend. I have an old, reliable chocolate chip recipe but I wanted to do something a little bit different. How long have the swirled chocolate/peanut butter morsels been out? Yum! These would make a great addition to brownies, too!
Chocolate/Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
1/2 Cup Crisco (for crispiness)
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
10 oz package chocolate/peanut butter chips
1 cup chopped peanuts

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a large bowl, cream shortening, butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in vanilla and egg. Combine flour and soda in medium sized bowl. Mix into dough until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Batter will be stiff.  Roll about 2" balls of dough and place about 2" apart on ungreased baking sheet.

Bake about 13-15 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. Makes about four dozen cookies. 

I've been cleaning out my craft room and will be listing some wonderful patterns on Ebay this week. For now, though, I'm heading outside to do some planting. Happy baking!

7 comments:

Buttercup said...

I'm a Reeses fan and these sound just yummy! Thanks and have a great week.

Jan - Life on Buttermilk Hill said...

Sounds SO yummy!! I just saw on a baking site where the writer dipped the BOTTOM of the chocolate chip cookie in chocolate. Sorta like a fudge stripe cookie--only thing better than a CC cookie is one dipped in chocolate!! Thanks for the recipe--now I'm hungry for cookies!!--Jan

Cherry's Prairie Primitives said...

My daughter will love them!! Thanks for the recipe!!

TheCrankyCrow said...

Oh Yikes - this post should have come with a warning....I'm craving chocolate and peanut butter something fierce right now, and it's way too late for baking, even if I had the fixins'!!! ;o) Thanks for sharing the recipe the - it's printing now for a near-future tryout! Smiles & Hugs ~ Robin

Trace4J said...

Oh me oh my those look yummo!
My son will love.
Hugs
Trace

www.grannytracescrapsandsquares.com

Deppen homestead 1862 said...

MMMM good~ thanks for sharing
smiles
Teresa

Lisa @ Flour Me With Love said...

I hate to say it, but I don't think I've seen the chips yet! I'll have to look for them ;) The cookies look delicious..thank you so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday. I hope to see you next week too!