Nutterbutter Peanut Butter Cookies

Photo from Crepes of Wrath (I forgot to take a picture!)
Soft chewy peanut buttery goodness with bits of satisfying crunch from the Nutterbutters and peanut butter chips.

Ingredients:
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup peanut butter (I like crunchy, but creamy works, too)
1 cup honey
2 eggs, room temperature
1 12 oz. bag peanut butter chips
15-20 crushed Nutterbutter cookies (not too crushed – it’s fun to have some big chunks of Nutterbutter in there)

Servings: 25-30 cookies

Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt, and set aside. Beat the shortening, peanut butter and honey together for 3-5 minutes, until smooth. Add in the eggs one at a time and mix well. Gradually add in the flour mixture, mixing until just moistened. You will be folding in your Nutterbutters and peanut butter chips later, so you can finish up any mixing at that point.

2. Fold in the Nutterbutter cookies and peanut butter chips. Roll the dough into balls and then pat down into disks and place on greased and/or lined baking sheet and bake for 9-11 minutes, until just barely golden (I like very soft, chewy peanut butter cookies). Remove from oven and let cool for a bit on your cookie sheets before removing and placing on another surface to finish cooling.

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Recipe From: http://crepesofwrath.net/2010/12/31/nutterbutter-peanut-butter-cookies/

If you want these cookies to be nice and soft, then really, remove them when they are just barely golden brown. They will seem soft, too soft. But let them cool for a bit on the cookie sheet, then carefully remove them and place them on a cooling rack. Once they are fully cooled, they will be just fine. If you prefer a harder cookie you can cook these guys a little more, but after having tried it both ways, the soft cookie is much better.

Also make sure you pat the cookies down a little bit, the original instructions left this out. I had rolled the cookies into a ball and tried to cook them that way, they will not flatten out and don't cook properly. Shape them close to what you want them, I went with big thick soft cookies!