Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

Susan, Aunt Kathy and Bobby McDonald

For the 4th of July party at Aunt Louise and Uncle Steve's lake house, Aunt Kathy made Mom's Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies. Mom has a note in her cookbook above the recipe saying "Cindy and I LOVE these cookies!" The quote said it all. Everyone loved the cookies!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

1 cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teas. vanilla
2 cups flour
2/3 cup cocoa
3/4 teas. baking soda
1/2 teas. salt
12 oz. peanut butter chips

Cream butter or margarine, sugar, eggs and vanilla until light and fluffy. Combine flour, cocoa, soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Stir in peanut butter chips. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 350 for 8-10 minutes. Cool 1 minute before removing to rack. Makes about 5 doz. if you only make them small size.