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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

A few Christmases ago, I baked nine types of cookies over 2 days in a baking marathon that lasted into the night. These are a favorite anytime of year.—Bob & Georgia Crabb, Scio, Oregon

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 12 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
6 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking powder
FROSTING:
1 cup confectioners' sugar
2 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Directions

In a small bowl, stir peanut butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Chill 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat sugars, butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and egg. Combine flour, cocoa and baking powder; add to the cream cheese mixture and mix well.
Roll into 1-in. balls. Place half of the balls 2 in. apart on a greased baking sheet. Make a depression in the center of each ball with your thumb; fill with 1 teaspoon of the chilled peanut butter mixture. Flatten remaining balls and place on top, pressing edges to seal. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
Combine frosting ingredients in s small bowl; stir until smooth. Frost cooled cookies. Yield: 2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 396 calories, 21 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 59 mg cholesterol, 226 mg sodium, 48 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 7 g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies in Taste of Home June/July 1995, p47

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Reviewed on Apr. 04, 2013 by Brenda 1980

We have been making these cookies for years. They are a little extra work.....but well worth it! They taste like a chocolate cookie with a reese cup filling. Yummy!!