Christmas cookies: Double-dipped chocolate peanut butter cookies

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Christmas cookies: Double-dipped chocolate peanut butter cookies

It’s Christmas! and everyone loves cookies (or biscuits if your English). So why not combine the two and make Christmas Cookies?

Makes: 2 dozen / Preparation time: 15 minutes Total time: 1 hour (plus chilling times)

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup creamy or chunky peanut butter

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips

3 teaspoons shortening, divided

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in small bowl; set aside.

In another bowl, beat the butter and both sugars with electric mixer at medium speed until fluffy; about 3 minutes.

Beat in the peanut butter, egg and vanilla. Gradually stir in flour mixture, blending well.

Roll heaping tablespoons of dough into 1 1/2- inch balls. Place the balls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. (If dough is too soft to roll into balls, refrigerate 30 minutes.) Dip fork into additional granulated sugar; press crisscross fashion onto each ball, flattening to 1/2 -inch thickness.

Bake 12 minutes or until set. Let cookies stand on cookie sheets 2 minutes.

Remove cookies to wire rack; cool completely.

Meanwhile, melt the semisweet chocolate chips and 1 1/2 teaspoons of shortening in top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water. Dip one end of each cookie one third the way up; place on waxed paper. Let stand until chocolate is set, about 30 minutes.

Melt the milk chocolate chips with remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons shortening in top of double boiler over hot, not boiling, water. Dip opposite end of each cookie one third the way up; place on waxed paper. Let stand until chocolate is set, about 30 minutes.

Store cookies between sheets of waxed paper at room temperature or freeze up to 3 months.

From “The Christmas Cookies Club, ” (Atria, $24.99). Tested by Susan M. Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen. Nutritional information not available

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