Peanut Butter Cookies

I wanted to add additional peanut butter flavor to these cookies, so I added peanut butter chips to the batter. I scooped the dough using a small scoop, which was fun and helped keep them all the same size. When the cookies were done, I drizzeld melted peanut butter chips on top with a little sprinkeling of chopped peanuts. Delicuous! This recipe made about 2 dozen cookies.

• Difficulty: Easy
• Category: Dessert, Snack
• Cuisine: American
• Cooking Method: Bake, Mix it up

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cup sifted all-purpose flour (192 g)
• 2 tsp baking powder (9 g)
• 3/4 cup peanut butter (nutty or smooth) (182 g)
• egg (37 g)
• 14 floz sweetened condensed milk (397 g)
• tsp vanilla extract (4 g)
• 1/3 cup finely chopped peanuts (50 g)
• 1/2 cup peanut butter chips (optional) (80 g)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a bowl, sift together flour and baking powder then set aside.
3. In a large bowl or mixer, blend peanut butter, shortening, and egg. Add sweetened condensed milk alternately with the sifted dry ingredients.
4. Stir in vanilla and peanuts (if crunchy peanut butter was used, you can leave it out)
5. Shape dough into 1/2 to 1 inch balls. Place balls on an ungreased baking sheet. Flatten each ball by pressing a criss-cross pattern with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until edges are lightly brown. Immediately remove from baking sheet and cool.
6. Optional - melt peanut butter chips, if it's too thick add a little warmed milk until the desired consistency. Drizzle over cookies and sprinkle chopped peanuts.