I love peanut butter cookies! My Mom used to make these when I was a kid and I can remember looking forward to them after school. And yes, with a glass of milk! This is a little different because I added chocolate to the mix.
So you don't override the taste of the peanut butter, I recommend the milder and creamier milk chocolate chips and using LIGHT brown sugar.
Whichever you do, make sure the milk you serve them with is COLD!!!
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup Crisco shortening
- 1 1/2 cups good quality peanut butter (NOT natural!)
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips [though I prefer milk chocolate chips]
- Whisk together the flour, salt, and baking soda.
- Cream the butter, shortening, and peanut butter together.
- Add the sugars and cream more until fluffy.
- Add each egg and incorporate one at a time.
- Mix in the dry with the wet in increments until incorporated, and finish off with the addition of extract.
- Scoop into balls and form with your hand, lightly pressing down a little.
- Bake for 9 minutes.
- Allow to cool on the tray before removing to the rack to finish cooling.