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How to Make Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

By eHow Food & Drink Editor
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Peanut butter cookies like Mom made, but with a kick! Yields 4 dozen cookies.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup softened butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup (6 oz. package) semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup sugar plus 1 tbsp for making tine marks
  • 1 tsp vanilla
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  • Measuring Cups
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  • Mixing Bowls
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  • Oven Mitts
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  • Cookie sheets
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  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

  2. Step 2

    Combine sugar, brown sugar and margarine in a large bowl. Beat with an electric hand mixer until fluffy.

  3. Step 3

    Add peanut butter, vanilla and egg. Blend well.

  4. Step 4

    Add flour, baking soda and salt to dough mixture and mix well.

  5. Step 5

    Stir in chocolate chips.

  6. Step 6

    Take small dollops of dough and shape, with your hands, into 1-inch balls.

  7. Step 7

    Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. (Cookies will spread.)

  8. Step 8

    Dip a fork into sugar and flatten the balls lightly with the fork in a crisscross pattern.

  9. Step 9

    Bake cookies for 6 to 9 minutes, or until golden brown.

  10. Step 10

    Remove cookies from sheets immediately and place on wire racks to cool thoroughly.

Tips & Warnings
  • If baking above 3,500 feet, increase flour to 1 1/2 c. and bake as directed.
  • Try crunchy peanut butter too.

Comments  

tonithy37 said

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on 12/10/2008 the instructions for this recipe are FINE if you can read and follow instructions. they have all the ingredients listed that are needed in the order that they are to be used in the instructions. if some people would READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST BEFORE THEY STARTED, they wouldnt have to whine about how their cookies came out bad and then blame other people for their mistakes.

gothdad said

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on 9/29/2007 The directions for this recipie are terrible. I know that it is standard procedure to read the instructions before preparation, but it is ALSO standard practice to list the ingredients to the recipie in the order they are to be used! My cookies turned out dry and crumbly because I added the flour, soda, brown sugar,and butter first, because they were the first things listed in the recipie! PLEASE go through and check ALL recipies to ensure that the ingredients are listed in the exact order they are to be used.

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