Recipe - Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies - Wday

1 cup Creamy peanut butter
One fourth cup Butter or margarine;
softened
One half cup Light brown sugar; firmly
packed
2 cup Sweet ground chocolate and
cocoa; (Not Unsweetened)
2 lg Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
One fourth cup Milk
1 Three fourths cup Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Salt
1 cup Cocktail peanuts; finely
chopped

OPTIONAL
12 ounce Semisweet chocolate chips

Beat peanut butter and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until
light and fluffy; gradually add brown sugar, beating well. Add chocolate
and cocoa, eggs, vanilla, and milk; mix well. Combine flour, soda, and
salt; add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Stir in peanuts, if desired, and
chocolate chips. Shape dough into 1inch balls; place 2 inches apart on
greased cookie sheets. Flatten balls to a 21/2inch round using the bottom
of a greased glass, dipped in sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
Cool on wire racks.

"Make Your Own" Ice Cream Sandwiches Prepare cookies as directed above.
Soften 4 cups of your favorite ice cream. To assemble, press about One fourth cup
ice cream between two cookies. Wrap well and freeze. For uniform big
cookies, scoop cut dough with an ice cream scoop with a spring release.

Source: Southern Living Cooking School "What's For Supper?" 4/20/95
Selected as an alltimefavorite of the Southern Living Cooking School.
Per serving: 159 Calories; 10g Fat (51% calories from fat); 4g Protein; 17g
Carbohydrate; 16mg Cholesterol; 141mg Sodium

Recipe by: Southern Living Cooking School

From The Chocolate Archives, Dec 1997, http://www.choco.com