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Chocolate Surprise Cookies

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.

15 ServingsPrep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min.

Ingredients

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

Directions

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

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Chocolate Surprise Cookies (continued)

Directions (continued)

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. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (2 each) equals 333 calories, 17 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 16 mg cholesterol, 191 mg sodium, 42 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 6 g protein.