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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 20 Minutes
Servings: 1015
From The Joy of Cooking Christmas Cookies. Use good quality chocolate and peanut butter for this recipe.
Ingredients:
14 tbs (1 3/4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
3/4 tsp vanilla
2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup coarsely chopped bittersweet or semisweet chocolate
3/4 cup unsalted shelled peanuts
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Combine butter, sugar and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Mix until light.
3. Add eggs gradually, one at a time.
4. Add peanut butter and vanilla. Mix thoroughly.
5. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Mix until just combined.
6. Remove bowl from mixer. Add chocolate and peanuts by hand and stir until well combined.
7. Drop rounded teaspoons of dough 3 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake between 15 - 18 minutes, checking after 15 minutes.
8. Transfer sheets to wire racks to cool.
By RecipeOfHealth.com