Chocolate Peanut Butter Filled Cookies Recipes

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER STUFFED COOKIES {MAGIC IN THE MIDDLE}

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line half sheet pans with parchment paper.
• For the chocolate cookie dough, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or using a handheld electric mixer and a medium bowl, beat together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt and mix until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Add the vanilla and the egg and egg yolk and mix well. Add the flour and cocoa powder and mix until no dry streaks remain and the dough is well combined.
• For the peanut butter filling, in a medium bowl, mix the the peanut butter and confectioners sugar together until smooth (by hand or with an electric mixer).
• Scoop about 2 tablespoons of the chocolate dough (I use a #40 cookie scoop) and flatten into a thick disc shape. Place a heaping teaspoon of the peanut butter filling (I use a #60 cookie scoop) in the center of the chocolate dough disc.
• Bring the chocolate dough up and over the filling, pressing the edges together cover the center. See pictures in the post for a visual. Roll the cookie lightly in the palms of your hand to form a smooth cookie dough ball. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
• Roll each rounded cookie in granulated sugar and place on the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between cookies.
• Grease the bottom of a flat-bottomed glass and flatten each cookie to about 1/4- to 1/2-inch thick. Bake the cookies for 7 to 9 minutes, just until lightly set - you want them soft. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE COOKIES WITH CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER FILLING

Steps:

• In medium bowl stir together Flour, cocoa powder and baking soda; set aside.
• Mix butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and 1/4 Cup of the peanut butter; beat this with mixer until well blended. Add egg, milk and vanilla and beat well.
• Beat in flour mixture.
• Shape this dough into 32 balls.
• For filling combine powdered sugar and remaining 1/2 Cup peanut butter with a mixer until its smooth; you might have to knead it a couple of times if it crumbles.
• Shape this dough into 32 balls (these will be smaller).
• Flatten each chocolate dough ball.
• Top with peanut butter dough ball.
• Shape chocolate ball around peanut butter ball and roll it all into one big ball.
• flatten with bottom of glass.
• Drop the flattened cookie into granulated sugar to coat just the one side.
• Bake in preheated 350 for 8 minutes.