My Mom used to make these delicious little bake & slice rolled chocolate-swirl cookies when I was growing up.  I’m sure she got the recipe out of some sort of 70’s cheesy checkout-aisle mini magazine but it’s really a genius, wonderful recipe. Before Mom died, she still made them once a year during the holidays, hauling them on the airplane to bring to my house. I adore them and will eat far too many in one sitting.  I took Mom’s recipe modified it a bit to make these chocolate swirled peanut butter cookies!

Ingredients needed:

unsalted butter creamy peanut butter white sugar brown sugar eggs all purpose flour baking soda, baking powder and salt semisweet chocolate chips sweetened condensed milk shortening

How to make Chocolate Swirled Peanut Butter Cookies:

The full, printable recipe is at the end of this post. The first step is making the peanut butter cookie dough. In a large bowl use an electric mixer to cream the butter, peanut butter, sugars and eggs. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture and blend together until combined. Divide the dough into 2 parts. Pat the dough into balls, wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until more firm (about an hour should be perfect). Next, make the chocolate swirl. In a medium bowl, melt the chocolate chips with the sweetened condensed milk and shortening in the microwave. Set for a minute, stir, then 30 seconds more, stir and continue until melted and smooth.

Let them cool for a few minutes on the pan, and then carefully transfer them with a spatula to a wire rack to cool completely.

I love these Chocolate Swirled Peanut Butter Cookies with all my heart. And they make me think of my Mom, which is a sweet memory. I hope you love them as much as I do. Enjoy!

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