Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies With Glazed Peanuts
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Serves: 2.5 dozen cookies
- Cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1½ cups peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 12 oz SACO Chocolate CHUNKS
- Glazed Peanuts
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup water
- 1 Tbsp light corn syrup
- 1 Tbsp butter or margarine
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup salted peanuts
- Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Lightly grease cookie sheet.
- In large mixing bowl, cream butter.
- Beat in sugars and continue beating until fluffy.
- Add peanut butter, beating until well-blended.
- Beat in egg, vanilla and salt.
- Using rubber spatula, fold in flour until well-mixed.
- Then fold in CHUNKS and Glazed Peanut pieces until evenly distributed throughout batter.
- For each cookie, mound 3 tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheet, then flatten to 4-inch rounds. Bake until golden, 14 to 16 minutes.
- Glazed Peanuts
- Line baking sheet with foil; brush lightly with oil.
- In medium saucepan combine sugar, water and corn syrup.
- Over low heat cook until sugar dissolves.
- Increase heat to high and boil until amber in color.
- Take off heat and immediately stir in butter, vanilla and peanuts.
- Spread mixture on baking sheet.
- Let harden.
- Once hard, break into coarsely chopped pieces with knife for fork (do not use food processor because it will grind the pieces too small).
- Add to cookie batter as directed.
Calories: 283 Fat: 18g Saturated fat: 6g Trans fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 29g Sugar: 21g Sodium: 90mg Fiber: 2g Protein: 5g Cholesterol: 14mg
Recipe by SacoFoods at http://www.sacofoods.com/peanut-butter-chocolate-chunk-cookies-with-glazed-peanuts/
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