CHOCOLATE SURPRISE COOKIES

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Chocolate and peanut butter are popular with our clan, so I roll them together in this recipe. It's fun watching folks' faces when they bite into the middle.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 40m

Yield 2-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 17

3/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
CHOCOLATE DOUGH:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg white
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
ICING:
2 tablespoons shortening
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, beat peanut butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Roll into thirty 3/4-in. balls. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. , Meanwhile, in another bowl, cream butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg white and vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture until blended. Roll into thirty 1-1/2-in. balls., Using floured hands, flatten chocolate balls and shape one around each peanut butter ball, sealing edges. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. , Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until cookies are set and tops are cracked. Cool for 1 minute. Before removing to wire racks., For icing, in a small bowl, beat shortening and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in vanilla and enough milk to reach spreading consistency. Spoon into a resealable plastic bag or pastry bag; cut a small hole in corner of bag. Pipe icing over cookies in a zigzag pattern.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 333 calories, Fat 17g fat (6g saturated fat), Cholesterol 16mg cholesterol, Sodium 191mg sodium, Carbohydrate 42g carbohydrate (28g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 6g protein.

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