1 3/4 cups flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened

1 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 package (12 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate

chunks

1 cup chopped peanuts (optional)

Heat oven to 375˚F.

Mix flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; set aside.

Beat butter, peanut butter and sugars in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Gradually beat i flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chunks and peanuts. Drop by heaping tablespoonfulls onto ungreased cookie sheets.

Bake 11 to 13 minutes or just until golden brown. Cool on cookie sheets 1 minute. Remove to wire racks and cool completely.

Makes 3 dozen.

Store in tightly covered container up to 1 week.

Recipe from: Classic Christmas Cookies

Notes: I used extra dark chocolate I purchased from Trader Joe’s and chopped it up. Also, I had honey roasted peanuts in the pantry and used them…did not chop them at all. Made for the first time on 9-8-11. Very good! Knitting students loved them and asked for the recipe.