Magic peanut-butter middles
36 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Flour |
| ½ | cup | Cocoa |
| ½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| ½ | cup | Brown sugar |
| ½ | cup | Margarine; softened |
| ¼ | cup | Creamy peanut butter |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | Egg | |
| ¾ | cup | Creamy peanut butter |
| ¾ | cup | Powdered sugar |
Directions
COOKIE DOUGH
FILLING
Preheat oven to 375 F. COOKIE DOUGH: In a small bowl, combine flour, cocoa and baking soda. In a large bowl, beat sugar, brown sugar, margarine and ¼ cup peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg; beat well. Stir in dry ingredients. Set aside. FILLING: In a small bowl, combine filling ingredients. Roll into 30 - 1 inch balls. Flour hands. Shape 1 tablespoonful of dough around 1 peanut butter center covering completely.
Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Bake for 7-9 minutes or until set and slightly cracked. Cool on wire racks.
NOTES : Try the chocolate kiss or mini kiss in the center after baking like for peanut blossoms.
Recipe by: Louise Leerberg - West Mifflin, PA Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 245 by SAS890@... on Nov 11, 1997