Choco-peanut Drops

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup flour
• 2 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine, softened

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 in large mixer bowl, measure 1 cup flour and the next six ingredients. with mixture at medium speed, beat ingredients until well mixed, occasionally scraping bowl; set aside. wash beaters.
• 3 in small mixing bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat 3 tbl flour, brown sugar, peanut butter or margarine until well mixed, occasionally scraping bowl. (mixture will be crumbly.).
• 4 drop chocolate dough by teaspoonsful, 1 inch apart, onto cookie sheet; top each with 1/2 teaspoon peanut butter dough. dip a fork into flour and press gently across top of each cookie.
• 5 bake 12 minutes or until firm. remove cookies to racks to cool.