Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Description
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies start with creaming shortening, smooth peanut butter, packed brown sugar, milk, and vanilla extract to form a creamy base. An egg is incorporated for binding. Dry ingredients of all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt are whisked together and mixed in to form a dough.
The dough is portioned into small balls, flattened with a fork to create the traditional crisscross pattern, then baked at 375°F for 7-8 minutes. This results in cookies that are just set around the edges but remain chewy and moist inside, offering a rich combination of peanut butter flavor with chocolate cocoa intensity.
Cooling briefly on the baking sheet before transferring to a rack helps maintain cookie shape and texture. The simple ingredient list and method yield reliably tasty cookies for casual snacking or dessert.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening regular or butter flavor
- 3/4 cup peanut butter creamy
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar packed
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg large
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla with an electric mixer until well blended. Add the egg and mix just until combined.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and stir until combined.
- Scoop the cookie dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet to form 1 to 1 ½ inch dough balls. Use a fork to press the dough down and create the traditional crisscross pattern on each cookie.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes at 375F just until set around the edges. Cool for 2 minutes on the cookie sheet, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 36Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 113 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 113kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 5mg | 2% |
| Sodium | 91mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 69mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 9IU | 0% |
| Calcium | 15mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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