Thursday, January 6, 2011

Jumbo Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

I found these cute mini chocolate covered peanut butter cups at Trader Joe's, which is such a cool store! I wish we had one closer to us, but the closest one is an hour and a half away : ( boo! But, if you are ever  near a Trader Joe's make sure and stop in and check it out, I always find some kind of treasure there! When I saw these mini chocolate covered peanut butter cups there I knew exactly what I wanted to make, and that was an extra large and chewy peanut butter cookie loaded with mini peanut butter cups and chocolate chips....so here it is! By the way, if you don't live near a Trader Joe's, I just saw that HERSHEY's just came out with these extra mini peanut butter cups too, no unwrapping! Enjoy!
                                  Jumbo Peanut Butter Cup Cookies: (adapted from allrecipes)

Ingredients:
-1/2 cup butter, softened
-1/2 cup shortening
-3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
-3/4 cup granulated sugar
-3/4 cup packed brown sugar
-2 eggs
-1 teaspoon vanilla extract
-2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
-1 teaspoon baking soda
-1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
-1 1/2 cups mini chocolate cover peanut butter cups, or regular size peanut butter cups chopped

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, shortening, peanut butter, and both sugars until smooth. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour and baking soda; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips and mini peanut butter cups. Measure out  a 1/4 cup dough for each cookie and drop dough onto ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake for 10-15 minutes. Let cool for one to two minutes on baking sheet before removing onto cooling rack to cool completely.

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