Heavenly Peanut-Brittle Cookies

Heavenly Peanut-Brittle Cookies

Ingredients
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup margarine or butter (softened)
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 pound peanut-brittle candy, coarsely chopped

Directions
In large mixing bowl, beat first 8 ingredients until blended with electric
mixer at medium speed. Scraping bowl with rubber spatula occasionally.
Reduce mixer speed to low. Add flour and beat just until blended.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Drop dough by heaping tablespoons, about
2 inches apart, on 2 large ungreased cookie sheets. Top cookie dough with
chopped peanut-brittle pieces, gently pressing peanut brittle halfway into
dough.
Place cookie sheets on 2 oven racks. Bake cookies 15 to 20 minutes or
until lightly browned, rotating cookie sheets between upper and lower
racks halfway through the baking time. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheets on
wire racks then with pancake turner, remove cookies to wire racks to cool
completely.