Decadent Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Recipe By : Serving Size : 60 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Cookies Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter 1/2 cup margarine -- at room temperature 2 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar 3 large eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups peanuts, oil-roasted -- blanched, chopped 1 pound semisweet chocolate -- cut in 1/2" chunks Preheat oven to 325?F. Grease heavy large cookie sheets. Using electric mixer, beat peanut butter and margarine in large bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in brown sugar. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in small bowl. Add to peanut butter mixture and stir until just combined. Mix in peanuts and chocolate. Cover and refrigerate dough until well chilled, about 3 hours. Shape dough into 1" diameter balls and place on prepared cookie sheets spacing 2" apart. Bake until tops of cookies are light brown and dry to touch, about 12 minutes. Cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool completely. Store in airtight container. Source: "Bon Appetit" Enjoy "God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change the courage to change the person I can and the wisdom to know I am that person." ~Sylvia --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
