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Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies
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Servings: 40
Categories:
Chocolate
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Cookies
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Desserts
Ingredients:
-----COUNTRY LIVING----- 6
tb
Butter 3/4
c
Peanut butter, chunk style 1/2
c
Brown sugar, firm packed 1/3
c
Sugar 1
Egg 1
c
Flour, all purpose, unsifted 1/4
ts
Baking soda 1/8
ts
Baking powder 1/8
ts
Cinnamon 2/3
c
Peanuts,unsalted, chopped 6
Chocolate squares(semisweet) 1
tb
Shortening 1
tb
Corn syrup, light
Directions:
Grease 2 large baking sheets.
In large bowl, with mixer, beat butter, peanut butter, and brown and
granulated sugars until well combined; beat in egg.
Slowly beat in flour, bake soda, bake powder, and cinnamon just until
combined to make soft dough. Form dough into 40 1-in. balls (about 2 t
dough per cookie).
Roll balls in peanuts until coated.
Place balls on greased bake sheets about 2 in. apart and press to
form 2 in. rounds.
When most cookies are shaped, heat oven to 350 bake 6-8 min or until
cookies are lightly browned on edges.
Cool completely on wire racks.
In top of double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate and
shortening; stir in corn syrup until well combined.
Dip each cookie halfway into chocolate mixture and place on baking
sheets in single layer; freeze until chocolate hardens.
Store cookies in airtight container in freezer until ready to use.
Posted by GAIL RUSSICK, Prodigy ID# DTGT60B.
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