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

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