Fabulous Decadence A-bit-more-than-a - Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookie With Dipping Sauce Recipe

Ingredients

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• Fabulous chocolate peanut butter cookies shopping list
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• 1/2 cup Unsweetened Dutch cocoa shopping list
• 1 1/2 cup Unbleached baking flour shopping list
• 1 teaspoon baking soda shopping list
• 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
• 8 ounces semisweet baking chocolate, broken shopping list
• 4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, broken shopping list
• 1 1/2 cup Firmly packed light brown sugar shopping list
• 1 cup chopped peanuts shopping list
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter shopping list
• 3 eggs shopping list
• 1 teaspoon real vanilla shopping list
• 9 ounces semisweet chocolate chips shopping list
• 9 ounces peanut butter chips shopping list
• To prepare Cookies: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. shopping list
• Sift together cocoa, flour, baking soda and salt onto a sheet of wax paper. Set aside. shopping list
• Heat 1 inch of water in the bottom of a double boiler over medium heat. Place semisweet and unsweetened baking chocolate in top half of the double boiler. Tightly cover the top pan with plastic wrap and heat 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir chocolate until smooth. Keep at room temperature. Or, melt in microwave. shopping list
• Place brown sugar and butter in the bowl of electric mixer and beat on medium speed 1 minute. Scrape down bowl and beat on high speed additional 30 seconds. Scrape down bowl. Add eggs, 1 at a time, while beating on medium, stopping to scrape down bowl after incorporating each addition. shopping list
• Add vanilla and beat on medium 30 seconds. Add melted baking chocolate and beat on low 10 seconds more. Scrape down bowl and beat additional 30 seconds. Add flour mixture and beat on low until thoroughly combined, 20 to 30 seconds. Remove bowl from mixer, add chocolate chips and peanut butter chips; mix thoroughly with rubber spatula. Add peanuts shopping list
• Place 6 to 8 cookies per baking sheet (each cookie is approximately 2 tsp. Put sheets in middle of oven. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, Cool cookies on pans 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire rack. Repeat procedure until all cookies have been baked. Cool cookies thoroughly before storing in sealed plastic container. shopping list
• To prepare chocolate Dipping Sauce: Heat cream, butter and sugar in saucepan over medium-high heat. When hot, stir to dissolve sugar. Bring mixture to boil. Place chocolate in stainless steel bowl and pour boiling cream over chocolate. Let stand 5 minutes. Stir until smooth. Cool to room temperature. (Dip can be made 3 to 4 days ahead and refrigerated. Reheat, stirring. Bring to room temperature before using.)] shopping list
• Put dip in a serving bowl, so guests can dip their cookies in before eating. shopping list