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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cut Out Cookies
Author:
Diane Schmidt - createdbydiane.com
Ingredients
1
cup
butter
1
cup
brown sugar
1/2
cup
peanut butter
1/4
cup
melted and cooled chocolate
Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Chips
2
tablespoons
cocoa
1
egg
3
cups
flour
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract
2
teaspoons
baking powder
1
teaspoon
salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
In mixer beat butter and sugar
Add in egg, vanilla, peanut butter, melted and cooled chocolate, cocoa
Mix in flour, baking powder and salt until combined
Roll out cookie dough in between wax paper sheets 1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutter.
Place on parchment lined baking sheets and bake 7-8 minutes until edges are firm.
Allow cookies to cool on baking sheets.
Mix up a batch of
Royal Icing
add a few drops orange food coloring and mix a little water to it to get the desired consistency to pipe onto cookies.
Allow the frosting to dry 10 hours.