Chocolate Heart Peanut Butter Cookies Food

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Position the oven racks in the top and bottom thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Beat the peanut butter, granulated sugar, light brown sugar and salt with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and egg. Stir in the chocolate chips.
• Put some granulated sugar in a small bowl. Shape tablespoons of the dough into balls and roll each ball in the sugar to coat. Evenly space the balls on the prepared baking sheets. Press each ball down with the tines of a fork to flatten it slightly and make a crisscross pattern.
• Bake until the bottoms are golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. The cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.

CHOCOLATE HEART PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg until dough forms.
• Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls; roll in sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately press chocolate candy into top of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes, before storing in tightly covered container.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325*F.
• Toast the peanuts in preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes until golden brown. Cool to room temperature before finely chopping in a food processor fitted with a metal blade (about 20 seconds) or by hand with a cook's knife.
• Melt the 6 oz of semi sweet chocolate in the top of a double boiler, stirring with a rubber spatula until smooth. Set aside.
• Place 1 cup peanut butter, sugar and butter in a bowl and beat together until soft (about 2 minutes). Beat in egg and vanilla and continue to beat for 3 minutes until smooth.
• Add the melted chocolate and chopped peanuts. Stir in the flour and salt until thoroughly combined.
• Divide the dough into 2 equal portions. With both palms, roll each into 12 inch long X 1 1/2 inch in diameter cylinder on a clean, dry cutting board. Wrap each portion in plastic wrap and chill for 3 to 4 hours until very firm to the touch.
• Remove from the fridge and discard the plastic wrap. cut each cylinder of dough into 24 individual 1/2 inch thick slices. Divide the slices onto 4 nonstick baking sheets, evenly spacing. Place the sheets on the top and center racks of a preheated oven and bake for 16 to 18 minutes, rotating sheets from top to center halfway through baking time and also rotating them 180 degrees.
• Remove the cookies from the oven and cool to room temp on the cookie sheets, about 30 minutes.
• for the topping place the 1 1/4 cups peanut butter and the icing sugar in a mixing bowl and beat together until fluffy.
• Place a heaping teaspoon of creamy topping in the center of each cookie. Use a small spatula or knife to spread the topping evenly over the top of each cookie.
• Melt the remaining semisweet chocolate in the top of a double boiler. Using a teaspoon, drizzle thin lines of melted chocolate over the top of each cookie.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a large bowl beat butter, peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar and eggs on medium speed until well mixed.
• Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, until well blended. Stir in cocoa.
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes.

CHOCOLATE HEART COOKIES

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Combine the flour and cocoa; gradually add to creamed mixture.
• On a lightly floured surface roll the dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
• Cut with a heart-shaped cookie cutter placing 2-inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350°F for 8-10 minutes.
• Remove to wire racks to cool.
• In a microwave safe bowl, heat vanilla chips and 1 Tablespoon of shortening until melted, stirring frequently. Dip both sides of the cookie into melted mixture (so you make a V-shape from the point of the cookie out to the middle of both rounded tops).
• In another microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and remaining shortening, stirring frequently.
• Drizzle over the cookies.
• Place on wire rack to dry.

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• Have ready at least 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
• Cream butter until smooth.
• Add peanut butter and both sugars and beat until combined well.
• Add egg and beat well.
• Stir in flour and baking soda gradually until well combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips by hand.
• Using a meatball scooper or a spoon, scoop out small portions of dough and drop onto parchment lined cookie sheets, leaving 2" gap between each cookie.
• Bake for about 15 minutes or until cookies are just firm around the edges- don't overbake- if you wait until they are brown on top, they will be too hard.
• Slide parchment sheet, cookies and all, carefully off pan and onto your counter, set a new piece of parchment paper onto your baking sheet and repeat until all dough is baked.
• Meanwhile, as the next batch bakes, remove baked cookies from the parchment and let cool completely on wire racks.
• Wipe off the crumbs from the old sheet of parchment and you can reuse it for your next batch.
• These will keep about 3 days stored in a cookie tin (for crisp cookies) or an airtight plastic container (for softer cookies).

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the butter and peanut butter together until fully incorporated.
• Add the sugars and cream on medium speed.
• Add the egg and vanilla and mix until completely incorporated.
• Add the flour and baking soda, mix until no white remains, then add the chocolate and mix on low just until everything comes together.
• Drop by teaspoonfuls onto parchment-lined baking sheets.
• Bake at 350° for 9 minutes or until golden brown.

NO-BAKE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES

Steps:

• Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. In medium bowl, mix oats, peanut butter, coconut, cocoa and vanilla; set aside.
• In 1-quart saucepan, heat sugar, milk and butter to boiling. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Pour over oat mixture; quickly stir to mix well.
• Immediately drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets; cool. Carefully remove from waxed paper to serve.