The Omaha Craft Mafia hosted our first Killer Craft Night last weekend - not only did we cover business as usual - it was a great night to get together with some wonderful food and learn how to create linoleum prints with our host Amy Haney. If you are in the Omaha area and are a crafter/artist extraordinaire, we would love to have you - for more information visit us at Omaha Craft Mafia and for updates and one of the best resources of cool stuff to do in Omaha, check out our blog here.
My contribution was my Baked Artichoke and Four Cheese Spread as well as my famous Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chip cookies - a recipe I always said I would take to my grave - not so. Here it is in it's soft-chewy wondrous glory:
Recipe: Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies
~1 c. butter {room temp}
~1 1/4 c. peanut butter {preferably smooth Jif}
~ 1 c. sugar
~ 1/2 c. honey
~ 2 eggs
~ 1/2 t. vanilla
~ 2 1/2 c. flour
~ 1 t. baking powder
~1 t. baking soda
~ 1c. chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350. Smooth butter and peanut butter together - add sugar and mix until well blended. Add honey and mix. In small bowl, whisk eggs and vanilla - add to mixture and incorporate well. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and baking soda together - slowly add to mixture. Scrap bottom of bowl several times to ensure all of the dry is properly mixed into the wet. Stir in chocolate chips.
Place dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes. Prepare baking sheets with parchment paper. Using an ice cream scoop - create {somewhat} equal sized balls of dough - spacing them about two inches apart on the baking sheet. Do NOT flatten dough with a fork or any other means. Bake each sheet for 12 minutes or until edges just begin to turn gold. Pull from oven and let stand on the baking sheet for at least 5 minutes before transferring the cookies to a cooling rack.
*Be sure to return the dough to the fridge each time you are baking sheets of cookies!*
Wow, those look amazing. Two of my favorite things, chocolate and peanut butter. I'm going to have start baking! Thank you for the recipe.
Posted by: Delia | 10/01/2007 at 18:06
you are too sweet to share!!! {love the new blog jen!!!}
Posted by: ashley crim | 10/01/2007 at 19:50
I am not just saying this: I am making those cookies very soon. Maybe tomorrow. No later than next Saturday. I love secret recipes, especially when they contain chocolate and peanut butter.
Posted by: Polly Poppins | 10/01/2007 at 20:09
lol! thank you - and let me know how they turn out ladies!
Posted by: jen | 10/01/2007 at 20:17
Wonderful recipe looks fantastic, thank you!
Posted by: wendy | 10/05/2007 at 01:12
Wonderful recipe looks fantastic, thank you!
Posted by: wendy | 10/05/2007 at 01:12
last night i made a big double batch of your peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and they are delicious! thanks for sharing the recipe!
Posted by: sarah | 10/10/2007 at 12:09
hello, i just discovered your very beautiful blog and i'm hooked! i'm bookmarking this very secret recipe for a rainy day as it looks just about perfect.
Posted by: jeannette | 10/12/2007 at 15:34