YUMMY CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Yummy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies image

These have a nice chocolate and peanut butter taste but are not too sweet. Easy to prepare. Very Good.

Provided by COCONUTSTEVE

Categories Desserts Cookies Drop Cookie Recipes

Time 30m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

½ cup shortening
1 ¼ cups brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter
3 tablespoons milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons hot water
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, brown sugar and peanut butter. Beat in the milk, egg and vanilla. Stir together the cocoa powder and hot water until cocoa is dissolved; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter until well blended. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. Use a fork to make a criss-cross pattern on the top.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 168.8 calories, Carbohydrate 17 g, Cholesterol 7.9 mg, Fat 10.1 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 4.1 g, SaturatedFat 2.4 g, Sodium 167.6 mg, Sugar 8.5 g