Giant Peanut Brittle Cookies Recipe

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Topped with leftover peanut brittle bits, these giant cookies take star billing on holiday cookie trays—or all year long, guarantees Carolyn Horne from Tigard, Oregon. “Folks can’t get enough of them.”

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Giant Peanut Brittle Cookies Recipe
  • Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
  • Yield: 18 Servings
20 10 30

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup butter-flavored shortening
  • 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons 2% milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter chips
  • 2/3 cup crushed peanut brittle

Directions

  • In a small bowl, cream the shortening, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in milk and egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
  • Shape dough into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place 3-1/2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten into 3-in. circles with a glass dipped in sugar.
  • Bake at 375° for 6-8 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.
  • In a microwave, melt peanut butter chips; stir until smooth. Spread over half of each cookie; sprinkle with peanut brittle. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Editor's Note: Reduced-fat peanut butter is not recommended for this recipe.

Nutritional Analysis: 1 cookie equals 178 calories, 9 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 12 mg cholesterol, 144 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Giant Peanut Brittle Cookies in Cooking for 2 Winter 2006, p37

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