Soft Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter Cookies

Here it is! The sweet treat I promised to be made with Peanut Butter & Co.'s tasty Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter. What else than PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES!! I have never heard of a person not liking a good peanut butter cookie, it's a classic! The very first thing I baked by myself with no help at all was peanut butter cookies.. It's true! I still even have the book that has 'my' recipe in it. It was the only peanut butter cookie recipe I would ever use. In fact, I have used it so much over the past 10 years or so that it's covered in various food stains and the page ripped completely out.

For this recipe I decided against using my old stand-by, and instead came up with my own cookie. I wanted it to be one that was chewy, and would always stay soft. I'm not a crunchy-cookie kind of person. I hate biting into a cookie that I'm thinking should be soft, and instead I end up chipping a tooth! Not to worry, these peanut butter cookies are soft, and they stay that way for days! And, thanks to Dark Chocolate Dreams, these cookies have just the right ratio of chocolate to peanut butter. It's really the best of both worlds! :)

Soft Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies-
Printable Recipe
Makes about 3 dozen cookies


Ingredients-
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
1 egg
2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter
1 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup Reese's peanut butter chips, optional

Directions-
Preheat oven to 350°F.

In a large mixing bowl cream brown sugar and shortening. Add eggs, vanilla and peanut butter, mixing well. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add to peanut butter mixture; mix well. Stir in peanut butter chips, if using. Roll into 1-inch balls, place 1-inch apart on baking sheet and gently press down with fork in crisscross pattern. Bake in preheated oven for 5-7 minutes. Remove to cooling rack.

Enjoy!