Shelly's Recipe

PEANUT-BUTTERY SNICKER DOODLE COOKIES

Category: Cookies

1 cup sugar
1 tbsp. peanut butter softened
1/2 cup softened butter and shortening
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup Reeces peanut butter cups or snickers bars, or Hersheys chocolate bar (broken up into small pieces)

Preheat oven to 375. Beat sugar, butter, peanut butter, shortening, vanilla and egg in large bowl. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in candy bar bits. Blend again.

Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges aregolden brown (centers will be soft). Cool 1 to 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Optional cookie icing for twelve cookies:
Double or triple this icing recipe depending on how many cookies you have baked.
6 tsp. peanut butter, warmed
6 tsp. chocolate cake frosting

Blend in a bowl with spoon—spoon one tsp dollap on top of each cookie.