Tailgate Treats and Eats: Dipsy Doodles

Exciting and new!  Figured you can never go wrong with the dynamic duo of peanut butter and chocolate, so I put together a little variation on the combo for your eating enjoyment.  Why are they called Dipsy Doodles?  Ah, because it's the first thing that popped into my head.

Dipsy Doodles
peanut butter-pecan cookies dipped in milk chocolate

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1-1/2 cups flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 lb melting chocolate

Cream together peanut butter and butter until smooth.

Add sugars to the mix and cream together until light and fluffy.

Add vanilla and egg and beat into mixture.

In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.  Add the flour mixture in parts to make sure it gets blended well.

Fold in the chopped pecans.

Cover the cookie dough and chill.

Remove from the dough from the fridge and roll by the tablespoon into balls.  Flatten with a cup bottom and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until edges are lightly golden brown.  Remove from cookie sheet and transfer to a cooking rack.

In a small saucepan melt the chocolate until smooth.

Once it's ready, dip half of the cookie in the chocolate and shake off the excess.  Put dipped cookies on a cookie sheet covered with wax paper and put in the refrigerator for 5 minutes to set.