Recipe - Choco Peanut Butter Dream Cookies

1 One half cup Brown sugar; firmly packed
1 cup Peanut butter; (creamy or
chunky)
Three fourths cup Butter or margarine
1/3 cup Water
1 Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla
3 cup Quaker Oats (quick or old
fashioned); uncooked
1 One half cup Flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
1 One half cup Semisweet chocolate chips
4 teaspoon Vegetable shortening
1/3 cup Chopped peanuts

Heat oven to 350. Beat together brown sugar, peanut butter and butter,
until light and fluffy. Blend in water, egg and vanilla; add combined dry
ingredients; mix well. Shape dough into 1" balls. Place on ungreased cookie
sheet; flatten to 1/4" thickenss with bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Bake
8 10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Remove to wire rack, cook
completely.

In a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate pieces and vegetable
shortening; stir until mixture is melted and smooth. Top each cookie with
One half teaspoon melted chocolate; sprinkle with chopped nuts. Chill until set.
Store in an airtight container. Makes 6 dozen.
Per serving: 4419 Calories; 259g Fat (50% calories from fat); 49g Protein;
525g Carbohydrate; 558mg Cholesterol; 2199mg Sodium
From The Chocolate Archives, Dec 1997, http://www.choco.com