Peanut Butter And Cocoa Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 40
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder, dutch process
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup chunky peanut butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 set racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven, and preheat to 350.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, and baking soda and stir well to mix.
• 3 sift onto a sheet of parchment or wax paper.
• 4 use an elextric mixer on low speed to combine the butter and peanut butter.
• 5 raise speed to medium, beat in sugars, then continue to beat for about a minute until light.
• 6 beat in the egg and vanilla and continue beating until smooth.
• 7 by hand, stir in the dry ingredients.
• 8 divide the dough into four pieces and divide each into 10 pieces.
• 9 roll each piece of dough into a ball and place it about 2 inches from any other on the prepared pans.
• 10 press the back of a fork down on each cookie once, then press each again across the first marking.
• 11 bake the cookies for about 15 minutes, until they are slightly puffed and no longer wet in appearance.