I have been making a ton of cookies lately. Mostly for a cookie exchange and giving away as gifts. When I saw these cookies on Recipe Girl I thought they looked delicious. Who doesn't love chocolate and peanut butter?Magic in the Middles
DOUGH:
1½ cups (6¼ ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
½ cup (1½ ounces) unsweetened cocoa powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
½ cup (3½ ounces) granulated sugar (plus extra for dipping)
½ cup (4 ounces) brown sugar, packed
½ cup (4 ounces or 1 stick) unsalted butter
¼ cup (2 3/8 ounces) smooth peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
FILLING:
¾ cup (7 1/8 ounces) smooth peanut butter
¾ cup (3 ounces) powdered sugar
DIRECTIONS:
1) Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
2) Prepare dough: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In another medium bowl, beat together sugars, butter, and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg, beating to combine, then stir in dry ingredients, blending well.
3) Prepare filling: In a small bowl, stir together peanut butter and powdered sugar until smooth. With floured hands, roll the filling into 26 one-inch balls.
4) Shape cookies: Break off about 1 Tbsp. of the dough, make an indentation in the center with your finger, and press one of the peanut butter balls into the indentation. Bring the dough up and over the filling, pressing it closed; roll the cookie in the palms of your hand to smooth it out. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
5) Dip the top of each cookie in granulated sugar and place on prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Grease the bottom of a drinking glass and use it to flatten each cookie to about ½-inch-thick.
6) Bake cookies for 7 to 9 minutes, until they're set. Remove them from the oven and cool on a rack.
Yield: About 26 cookies
1½ cups (6¼ ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour
½ cup (1½ ounces) unsweetened cocoa powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
½ cup (3½ ounces) granulated sugar (plus extra for dipping)
½ cup (4 ounces) brown sugar, packed
½ cup (4 ounces or 1 stick) unsalted butter
¼ cup (2 3/8 ounces) smooth peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
FILLING:
¾ cup (7 1/8 ounces) smooth peanut butter
¾ cup (3 ounces) powdered sugar
DIRECTIONS:
1) Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
2) Prepare dough: In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In another medium bowl, beat together sugars, butter, and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg, beating to combine, then stir in dry ingredients, blending well.
3) Prepare filling: In a small bowl, stir together peanut butter and powdered sugar until smooth. With floured hands, roll the filling into 26 one-inch balls.
4) Shape cookies: Break off about 1 Tbsp. of the dough, make an indentation in the center with your finger, and press one of the peanut butter balls into the indentation. Bring the dough up and over the filling, pressing it closed; roll the cookie in the palms of your hand to smooth it out. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
5) Dip the top of each cookie in granulated sugar and place on prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart. Grease the bottom of a drinking glass and use it to flatten each cookie to about ½-inch-thick.
6) Bake cookies for 7 to 9 minutes, until they're set. Remove them from the oven and cool on a rack.
Yield: About 26 cookies
Cooking Tips
*These cookies freeze well. They would travel well too.
*These cookies freeze well. They would travel well too.
7 comments:
Oh man, these look SO GOOD! I saw Paula Deen do something similar (she didn't actually make her own dough, so hers were far inferior). But she put a Girls Scouts thin mint cookie in the middle of some dough. Do you think something like that would work with these? Or like a Milky Way candy bar? I can't wait to try them. I LOVE holiday cookies.
Hey MacDuff. Thanks. I am sure that a mini milky way would be great in there. I can't see why it wouldn't. Let me know if you try it!
Yum, I have to try these! I'm so glad your card arrived and I hope you enjoy the recipe. Merry Christmas.
mmmm those look wonderful! i will try to make the flourless pb cookies soon so i can post about them :) happy holidays!
I've seen these before and was thinking of trying them, too. I made a similar recipe recently, filling the cookie with a rolo. YUMMY!
Aren't these tasty cookies?!? I made them back in June and *loved* them!!!
I chose these for my Taste and Create dish. So super delicious! I've already eaten too many, hehehe...
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