Get your retro Reese’s cookies here with this recipe from the ’80s

Name: Reese's peanut butter chip cookie (1982)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 60
Ingredients: 1 cup shortening or 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 eggs; 2 cups unsifted all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup Reese's peanut butter chips; 1 cup Hershey's chocolate chips

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If you think chocolate chip cookies are your family’s favorite, you’re half right

Introducing the Reese’s cookie. Chocolate chips and peanut butter chips… irresistible.

Reese's peanut butter chip cookie (1982)

Yield: 60

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 27 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup shortening or 3/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups unsifted all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup Reese's peanut butter chips
1 cup Hershey's chocolate chips

Instructions

Cream shortening or butter or margarine, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Add eggs; beat well.
Combine flour and baking soda; blend into creamed mixture.
Stir in chips.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 (F) for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.
Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet.

Notes

Makes 5 dozen 2-1/2-inch cookies

Alternate recipe: Substitute one cup of Reese's Peanut Butter Chips in your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 60 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 108Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 44mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 0gSugar: 8gProtein: 1g

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