Nothing makes me happier than peanut butter and chocolate. It's just the perfect combination of salty and sweet that makes my heart, mouth, and stomach oh so happy. This
recipe from Better Homes and Gardens knocked it out of the park on the chocolate to peanut butter ratio. Perfection!
Ingredients
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1 1/2 cups
all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup
unsweetened cocoa powder
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1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
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1/2 cup
butter, softened
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1/2 cup
granulated sugar
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1/2 cup
packed brown sugar
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1/4cup
peanut butter
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1 egg
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1 tablespoon
milk
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1 teaspoon
vanilla
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3/4 cup
sifted powdered sugar
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1/2 cup
peanut butter
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2 tablespoons
granulated sugar
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F. In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda; set aside.
2. 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. Add egg, milk, and vanilla; beat
well. Beat in as much of the dry ingredients as you can with mixer. Stir
in remaining dry ingredients by hand with a wooden spoon. Form
chocolate dough into 32 balls about 1-1/4 inches in diameter. Set aside.
3. For peanut butter filling, in a medium mixing bowl
combine powdered sugar and the remaining 1/2 cup peanut butter until
smooth. Shape mixture into 32 (3/4-inch) balls.
4. On a work surface, slightly flatten a chocolate
dough ball and top with a peanut butter ball. Shape the chocolate dough
over the peanut butter filling, completely covering the filling. Roll
dough into a ball. Repeat with the remaining chocolate dough and peanut
butter filling balls.
5. Place balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie
sheet. Lightly flatten with the bottom of a glass dipped in the 2
tablespoons granulated sugar.
6. Bake cookies in preheated oven for 8 minutes or
until theyre just set and surface is slightly cracked. Let cookies stand
for 1 minute. Transfer cookies to wire racks; cool. Makes 32 cookies.
