Peanut Butter Shamrock Blossom Cookies
Recipe type: dessert
Serves: 84
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 cup white (granulated) sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup green dyed granulated sugar (or regular white sugar if preferred)
- 84 chocolate shamrock candies
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and grease cookie sheet
- Cream together butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, and white sugar.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, then add milk and vanilla extract.
- Stir until well blended.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking soda. Add to peanut butter mixture, stirring all ingredients until well combined.
- Roll tablespoon of dough into a ball and roll in dyed sugar.
- Place dough balls about 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from oven and immediately press chocolate shamrock candies into cookies.
- Allow to cool completely so shamrock cookies can re-harden.
Keep the chocolate candies frozen until you are ready to add them to the cookies. This will help them hold their shape better while handling.
Calories: 26706 Fat: 1425g Saturated fat: 832g Unsaturated fat: 476g Trans fat: 8g Carbohydrates: 3100g Sugar: 2446g Sodium: 8108mg Fiber: 153g Protein: 409g Cholesterol: 1715mg
Recipe by One Crafty Place at http://www.onecraftyplace.com/2015/02/21/peanut-butter-shamrock-blossom-cookies/
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