Pretty Bland

These cookies have so much potential, but they never turn out quite as I expect. Containing generous portions of chocolate and peanut butter, the dough smells like a peanut butter cup and one would expect them to taste so, but they're oddly bland. Even before the tasting, there were other difficulties. The dough became brittle in the refrigerator which led to imprecise slicing with random broken off bits. Also, because the cookies are naturally tan, it's tough to figure out when to pull them out of the oven. That's a lot of work for a mediocre cookie. At least they look pretty.