Submitted by: Susan Buetow | Scraps of Life
“Soft and chewy cookie packed with a peanut butter punch!”
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 13-15 minutes
Servings: 50-100
Yield: 50 large, 100 small cookies
Ingredients
1 cup Amish Friendship Bread Starter
1 cup butter, soft
1 cup shortening
2 1/2 cups brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
2 teaspoons baking soda
5 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup of peanut butter chips
1/4 cup of sugar to top cookies
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350° F (176° C).
- Cream butter, shortening, peanut butter, eggs and sugars.
- Stir in rest of ingredients.
- Drop tablespoon size dough onto ungreased baking sheet.
- Sprinkle sugar on top of each cookie.
- Bake 13-15 minutes.
- ENJOY!
Kitchen Notes
Use a small cookie scoop for bite size cookies or two scoops for larger cookies. For other fun variations, toss in 1 cup of nuts and/or use chunky peanut butter.