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Prep Time: 40 Minutes Cook Time: 16 Minutes |
Ready In: 56 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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A chocolate cookie filled with peanut butter. I found the recipe on MSN dot com. Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
1/2 cup butter, softened |
1/2 cup granulated sugar |
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed |
1/4 cup peanut butter |
1 egg |
1 tablespoon milk |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted before measuring |
1/2 cup peanut butter |
2 tablespoons granulated sugar |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
2. In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda; set aside.
3. In a large mixing bowl beat together butter, the 1/2 cup granulated sugar, brown sugar, and the 1/4 cup peanut butter with an electric mixer until combined.
4. Add egg, milk, and vanilla; beat well.
5. Beat in as much of the dry ingredients as you can with mixer.
6. Stir in remaining dry ingredients by hand with a wooden spoon.
7. Form chocolate dough into 32 balls about 1-1/4 inches in diameter.
8. Set aside.
9. For filling: Combine powdered sugar and 1/2 cup peanut butter until smooth.
10. Shape mixture into 32 ( 3/4-inch) balls.
11. On a work surface, slightly flatten a chocolate dough ball and top with a peanut butter ball.
12. Shape the chocolate dough over the peanut butter filling, completely covering the filling.
13. Roll dough into a ball.
14. Repeat with the remaining chocolate dough and peanut butter filling balls.
15. Place balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
16. Lightly flatten with the bottom of a glass dipped in the 2 tablespoons granulated sugar.
17. Bake cookies in preheated oven for 8 minutes or until they are just set and surface is slightly cracked.
18. Let cookies stand for 1 minute.
19. Transfer cookies to wire racks; cool.
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