Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies

Last Friday I made Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies for a friend's birthday...here's the recipe!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flower

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup granulated sugar (plus more for rolling)

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 cup creamy peanut butter (divided into 1/4 and 3/4)

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

3/4 cup powdered sugar 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prep a cooking sheet (either with parchment paper or with baking spray/butter).

For the chocolate dough:

Whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt together in medium bowl. Set aside

In a large bowl, beat together sugars, butter, and 1/4 cup peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg, beating to combine. 

Stir in dry mixture, blending well. Set aside.

For the peanut butter filling:

In a medium bowl, mix together powdered sugar and remaining 3/4 cup of peanut butter until smooth. 

*For this, I ended up just using my hands because it was too difficult to get a good blend otherwise.

To combine:

Pull off a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough and flatten with your hands. Take about 1 tsp of peanut butter filling and place it in the center of the chocolate dough. Wrap the dough around the filling. Roll the cookie into a ball and then roll the cookie into the sugar.

Place cookies on the prepared baking sheet 2 inches apart.

Bake for 7-9 minutes. Let stand on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack.

 

**The recipe calls for flattening the cookies with a glass until each is about 1/2 inch in thickness before baking. I did not do this for this batch, although I did in a previous batch. I actually preferred the cookies left as is - they wound up being more filling and enjoyable to eat.

Here is the original recipe:

http://www.bigflavorstinykitchen.com/2010/12/supper-club-chocolate-peanut-butter-surprise-cookies.html

Enjoy!