From Denny: These little lovelies are great for a make and take event or after school snacks. Awww, come on, so what if the kids are grown up or you don't even have kids, make them anyway and indulge with a tall glass of milk or a cup of steaming hot coffee or tea. They are worth every bite! :)
There is a sweet story that goes along with these cookies from the family of the lady who made them: Harvey Hittner of Decatur, who said his mother, Gertrude, "put love in her cookies, " including this peanut butter variety. "My mother was known all over New York as the greatest cookie maker, " he said. Just before she died, she had baked her peanut butter cookies. "We put a batch in the freezer and ate them sparingly over the next year. Every time we tasted one, we felt Mom smiling down on us."
From: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hands on time: 20 minutes
Total time: 1 hour
Serves: 45
Ingredients:
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine or butter, room temperature
1 cup chunky or crunchy peanut butter
1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
About 45 jumbo semisweet chocolate morsels
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed, cream the margarine, peanut butter and sugar until very light. Add the egg and beat well. Add the flour and baking soda and beat just to combine. Form the dough into 1-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Gently flatten each ball with the tines of a fork pressed in one direction and then across at 90 degrees to make a checkered pattern. Place one chocolate chip in the middle of each cookie.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes until the cookies are golden on the edges (not browned).
Notes:
These cookies freeze extremely well. Bake a double batch and store some in your freezer for whenever you want to share a little love.
Nutrition:
Per cookie: 101 calories (percent of calories from fat, 54), 2 grams protein, 10 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram fiber, 6 grams fat (2 grams saturated), 6 milligrams cholesterol, 71 milligrams sodium.
