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Ingredients:

• 1 cup  butter, softened
• 1 cup  chunky peanut butter
• 1 cup  granulated sugar
• 1 cup  firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 1/2  cups  all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  baking soda
• 1 teaspoon  baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon  salt
• 1 teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 1 cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped
• 1 (11.5-ounce) bag chocolate chunks

Directions:

Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; add chunky peanut butter and sugars, beating well. Add eggs, beating until blended.

Combine flour and next 4 ingredients. Add to butter mixture, beating well.

Stir in peanuts and chocolate chunks.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls (about 1 1/2 tablespoons for each cookie). Refrigerate at least 4 hours, over overnight.

Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on pan 1 to 2 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.

Makes about 5 dozen cookies.

Nutrition:

Substitutions:

I used creamy peanut butter and added an extra cup of peanuts. I also used salted peanuts, just cut down the salt to 1/4 teaspoon.

Recipe courtesy of My Recipes