Peanut Butter-Filled Cookies Recipe

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Anyone who likes peanut butter cups will really go for these treats. I give them an elegant finish by sprinkling confectioners’ sugar over a stencil. —Diane Miller, Millersburg, Indiana

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Peanut Butter-Filled Cookies Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 30 Servings

25 10 35

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
FILLING:
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
3/4 cup peanut butter
Additional confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and peanut butter. Roll into 30 balls. Shape tablespoonfuls of dough around filling to cover completely; place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a glass.
Bake at 375° for 6-8 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks. Dust with additional confectioners' sugar. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 141 calories, 8 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 86 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Peanut Butter-Filled Cookies in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2011, p64