Chocolate peanut butter cookies

So it's been a busy week for me.  I'm finally getting back into the work force and I start work tomorrow.  Unfortunately it is third shift, which will take some getting used to.  Oh and yesterday Samara was lost by the school.  She was riding a different bus and did not expect to get to her stop so soon.  Well my little bookworm had her nose in a book and was not paying attention to where she was at.  So she was lost for about 30 minutes.  Can we say stress.

Now on to the recipe.  I posted a teaser pic the other day on Twitter, and now I've actually had a chance to write out the recipe.  Which is simple by the way.  This was the first time I've cooked this particular recipe.  And I do believe it turned out well.  At least they started disappearing really fast.


Chocolate Peanut Butter cookies

Ingredients

1 Box Ritz crackers
1 jar peanut butter
1 bag chocolate of choice
2 Tbsp. shortening
Wax paper


Directions

Put peanut butter on ritz crackers and put one cracker on top to make a sandwich.  I used the whole box for this as I was making white chocolate and dark chocolate.  I had a few crackers left that the children devoured with their lunch the next day.  Once all sandwiches are put together then put the plate in the freezer for about 30 minutes.  This ensures that the peanut butter will not melt when it comes in contact with the very hot chocolate.

Next comes melting the chocolate.  Put one cup chocolate and 1 Tbsp. shortening in a double broiler to melt.  As I was using one full bag of chocolate that equals 2 cups I put 2 tablespoons shortening.  Also I did not have a double broiler so I created one using pots in my cabinet.

Stir the chocolate until it is smooth.  Remove from heat.  I removed the sandwiches from the freezer a few at a time so they would not thaw.  And drop them in the chocolate.  Using tongs flip over the sandwiches until covered completely in chocolate.  And place on a piece of wax paper to dry.  I ended up putting this in the freezer to speed up the process.  Takes about an hour at room temp. but only about 20 minutes in freezer.

With using a full bag of dark chocolate and a full bag of white chocolate I got about 50 cookies.  That number is not exact as the cookies were getting eaten before I could count them.  Most in my family preferred the white chocolate, the dark chocolate was a little too bitter to most.  But Conrad, my little oddball, loved the dark chocolate.  This is definitely something I will make again in the future.  I want to try a raspberry flavored chocolate.  Here is the finished product.

A definite favorite.

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