Monster Cookies

Alex doesn’t often ask for a specific dessert, so when he does I try to jump right on it. These are a prime example of that. He had been working overtime and decided that he really wanted to take cookies to work to share. With everything going on the last few months (the play and traveling to Illinois) I hadn’t really made any treats for Alex’s work recently so I decided it was the perfect time to make something for them.Alex and I discussed what he wanted in the cookies rather than just look up a monster cookie recipe. So these are a little different than you might have had in the past. The combination of chocolate chips really gives a great variation of flavors. I also used chopped dry-roasted peanuts to really amp up the peanut butter taste.You can either make these normal sized cookies, or you could do giant ones. It is up to you. Since I was baking for an office I chose to make normal sized cookies. I got 4 dozen out of this recipe. If you do giant cookies you would get closer to 2 dozen. Make sure you adjust the baking time for larger cookies if you choose to go that route.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:81]