(My problem is with Hersheys texture, not the flavor, OK?)
I usually love to spend way too much time decorating things, but sometimes the occasion calls for simplicity.
I kept the ingredient list short to ensure the intense flavor of chocolate and peanut butter remained undiluted.
The cookie dough is the quickest part.
Then mix in the salt and one room temperature egg.
The mixture will be thick and smell absolutely tempting at this point.
Resist the urge to spoon it into your mouth.
If youre shaping by hand, start with a tablespoon of cookie dough.
Press it in between both palms to make a flat-ish oval shapetheres no need to be perfect.
Pressing the dough in your hands will also heat up the fats in the batter to make shaping easier.
Use your fingertips to pinch the top and bottom into the ears and bottom of the bat.
Do the same thing under each wing to get that rippled-look.
Press deeply to verify theyre distinct after baking.
Bake in a preheated 350F oven for 10 minutes.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Spoon one tablespoon of dough at a time, and shape it into a bat as described above.
Bake the cookies at 350F for 10 minutes.
Cool them on a cooling rack.
This recipe makes about 20 bat cookies.
