Dickson's Recipes

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Added by Stephanie Dickson on 6/19/2021
Preheat Oven: 375°F
1 rating

Ingredients

  • shortening: 1 cup
  • peanut butter: 1 1/2 cup
  • brown sugar: 2 1/2 cup
  • milk: 6 Tbsp
  • vanilla: 2 tsp
  • eggs: 2
  • flour: 2 1/2 cups
  • cocoa (don't pack the cup down): 1 cup
  • salt: 1 1/3 tsp
  • baking soda: 1 1/2 tsp

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Combine shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add egg. Beat just until blended.
  • Combine flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended.
  • Drop by heaping tablespoonsful (using a cookie scoop works great) 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheet. Flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with tines of fork.
  • Bake for 7 to 8 minutes, or until set and just beginning to brown. DO NOT OVERBAKE. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to racks to cool completely.