Name: Choco Peanut Butter Dreams
Ingredients: 1 ½ cups packed brown sugar; 1 cup peanut butter; ¾ cup margarine or butter; ⅓ cup water; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla; 3 cups Quaker Oats, uncooked; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour; ½ tsp baking soda; 1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips; 4 tsp shortening; ⅓ cup chopped peanuts

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From the Quaker Oats Test Kitchen

1 ½ cups packed brown sugar

1 cup peanut butter

¾ cup margarine or butter

⅓ cup water

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

3 cups Quaker Oats, uncooked

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

½ tsp baking soda

1 ½ cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

4 tsp shortening

⅓ cup chopped peanuts

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat sugar, peanut butter, and margarine until fluffy. Blend in water, egg, and vanilla; add combined dry ingredients, mixing well. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet; flatten with glass dipped in sugar. Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely.

In a saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate and shortening, stirring constantly until smooth. Or place chocolate and shortening in a glass container; microwave at HIGH 1 to 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute and then every 30 seconds until smooth. Top each cookie with 1/2 tsp. chocolate; sprinkle with nuts. Chill until set.
Yield: About 6 dozen cookies

CategoryChocolate, Cookies, DessertsCooking MethodBake, Drop Cookies, MicrowaveTags#brownsugar, #chocolatechips, #oatmeal, #oats, #peanuts

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