Giant Peanut Butter Zebra Cookies Recipes

GIANT CHEWY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• In large bowl, whisk melted butter and both sugars.
• Whisk in eggs and vanilla til blended.
• Stir in peanut butter.
• In smaller bowl, whisk flour, baking powder and salt.
• Stir into butter mixture.
• Stir in peanuts.
• With a 1/4 cup measuring cup, scoop out dough, shape into balls. Makes 24 - 4" cookies.
• Place on parchment lined cookie sheets 2" apart.
• Flatten gently into 3" rounds.
• Bake in 375° oven for 12-14 minutes. Til light golden brown around edges but still slightly soft.
• Slide parchment paper onto wire rack to cool.
• Make criss-cross fork indentations on top of cookies for a more traditional look.

GIANT PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Combine flour, soda and salt.
• In mixer, beat the butter and sugar until creamy.
• Beat in vanilla and egg.
• Stir in flour mixture.
• Measure out 1/4 cups of dough and place on ungreased cookie sheet (4 cookies per sheet--these are big cookies) Cut each peanut butter cup into 4 pieces and push 8 pieces into top of each cookie, flattening the dough a bit.
• Bake until cookies are golden brown, about 15 minutes.
• (The centers will still be a bit pale and soft).
• Let cookies cool for at least 1 minute on baking sheet before moving them to rack to cool.

ZEBRA COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Divide cookie dough into 12 equal pieces. With floured fingers, wrap 1 piece of dough around each peanut butter cup, shaping into ball. On un greased cookie sheet, place 6 dough balls, arranging evenly apart. Refrigerate remaining 6 balls until ready to bake.
• Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Bake remaining balls of dough.
• In small saucepan, melt chocolate chips and shortening over low heat, stirring constantly. Drizzle melted chocolate in crisscross pattern over cooled cookies. Let stand until glaze is set before storing.

GIANT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°.
• In large bowl, combine sugars, margarine, peanut butter, vanilla and egg; beat well.
• Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup and level off.
• Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix well.
• If you are making the large cookies, it helps to chill the dough for an hour or so at this point, before shaping. It seems to make a firmer cookie--less likely to break. If you aren't concerned about that, you can skip this step.
• Shape about 1/4 cup dough (for 3-inch cookie) into a ball and place 4 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet (6 per sheet).
• Bake at 375° for 13-16 minutes.
• Remove from cookie sheet and cool completely on wire rack.

PEGGI'S GIAGANTIC, MELT IN YOUR MOUTH, CRISPY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°
• 2. I use a Kitchen Aid stand mixer & leave it running the whole time I'm putting this together.
• 3. Cream shortening, sugars, and vanilla extract.
• 4. Add beaten eggs, and beat thoroughly. (Just throw them in, don't beat first)
• 5. Stir in peanut butter.
• 6. Combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture.
• 7. Using big scoop, place 6 level scoops on ungreased air bake cookie sheets.
• 8. Press with back of fork dipped in milk to make a crisscross design. Original recipe calls for flour but milk makes it crisper. Refer to picture above. It shows one that is in the ball & the others show how much to flatten.
• 9. Bake at 350° for exactly 14 minutes. Set your timer.
• 10. Remove from oven & let cool on cookie sheet for at least 5 minutes. Then transfer to wire cooling rack until completely cool. I stack these standing up in large air tight container to keep them from weighing heavy on each other.