Yummy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Name: Yummy Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Total time: 30
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 0.5 cup shortening; 1.25 cups brown sugar; 1 cup peanut butter; 3 tablespoons milk; 1 egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 3 tablespoons hot water; 1.75 cups all-purpose flour; 0.75 teaspoon baking soda; 0.75 teaspoon salt

Recipe by Steve Long from allrecipes.com

Dessert 30 Mins.

Ingredients

24 servings

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0.5 cup shortening
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1.25 cups brown sugar
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1 cup peanut butter
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3 tablespoons milk
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1 egg
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
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3 tablespoons hot water
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1.75 cups all-purpose flour
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0.75 teaspoon baking soda
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0.75 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, brown sugar and peanut butter. Beat in the milk, egg and vanilla. Stir together the cocoa powder and hot water until cocoa is dissolved; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter until well blended. Drop dough by heaping teaspoons 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets. Use a fork to make a criss-cross pattern on the top.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.