Peanut Butter Chocolate & Buttercream Cookies

Timing: PREPARATION (before = mixing) - about 10 minutes BAKING - 9 to 11 minutes PREPARATION (after = icing) - less than 10 minutes INGREDIENTS: Betty Crocker Peanut Butter cookie mix Ingredients for cookies - water, vegetable oil, 1 large egg Duncan Buttercream frosting Hershey's chocolate chips (dark or milk) COOKWARE: Large non-stick cookie baking sheet Baking spray (Ex. Pam cooking spray) Large mixing bowl Tbsp. & Tsp. Measurements Cutting board Knife for fine chopping Rubber spatula Cooling rack

PREPARATION: (Cookie mix) Preheat oven as directed Spray baking sheet w/ baking spray Mix together ingredients as directed on mix into bowl Cookie mix, 1 large egg, 2 tbsp. of vegetable oil, 3 tsp. of water *I prefer to stir mix w/ rubber spatula, stirs easily* Stir until mix becomes a soft dough forms Use a tbsp. to scoop up dough in tbsp. sizes Roll dough into even sized balls in hands Place dough balls about 2" apart on sheet Use fork to flatten dough balls, make crisscross design Bake cookies according to mix Remove cookies, let stand until warm so they don't crumble Place on cooling rack

PREPARATION: (Icing) Finely chop about 1/4 cup of chocolate chips Place aside After cookies are cooled you can do one of two things... Make cookie sandwiches or just regular cookies **Preferably use the rubber spatula to apply icing to the cookies** Regular cookies - Apply a layer of icing on top of the cookies Sprinkle chopped up chocolate chips over top of the icing Cookie sandwiches - Apply a thicker layer of icing between the bottoms of two cookies Before placing the second cookie on top, sprinkle chopped up chocolate chips on the icing Place the two cookies together

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