Homemade Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup Crisco
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon soda
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-½ cups all purpose flour
- Dark Chocolate Candy Wafers for dipping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a small bowl mix flour, soda, and salt. Set aside.
- Using a hand mixer, mix Crisco, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until creamy. Mix in vanilla.
- With a mixing spoon, stir in flour mixture.
- Set in refrigerator approximately 1 hour. Portion cookies using small cookie scoop. Roll dough into balls, then roll in granulated sugar. Place sugar coated dough balls on cookie sheet about 1" apart. Press with tines of a fork to make crisscross design.
- Bake 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool 1-2 minutes before moving cookies to cooling rack.
- When cookies have cooled, melt dipping chocolate per package instructions. Dip a portion of the cookie in the chocolate and place cookie on cookie sheet lined with wax paper to cool. Immediately sprinkle with sprinkles if desired.
Yield: 2 dozen cookies
Prep Time: 01 hrs. 20 mins.
Cook time: 00 hrs. 10 mins.
Total time: 1 hrs. 30 mins.
Tags: chocolate, Cookies, heart, Love, peanut butter, Valentine,
Sarah Olson
I haven't made cookies from scratch in years! This recipe looks like a good one to make this weekend!
Kristin @ Dizzy Busy and Hungry!
Chocolate and peanut butter in any form is my absolute favorite thing to eat. Trying these!
Carrie R
I love a good homemade peanut butter cookie! 🙂 And dipping them in chocolate?? Genius!
Sheena @ Hot Eats and Cool Reads
I already love PB cookies, but dipped in chocolate?? Perfection!!
Rebekah Hills
Those look wonderful!
Mary Ellen
Love peanut butter and chocolate together, these look perfect!
Sara Glover
This sounds so good! They are so cute too!