CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SURPRISE COOKIES
Trick friends with these chocolate cookies - they'll love the peanut butter "treat" inside.
INGREDIENTS
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 square (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate, melted
24 mini chocolate peanut butter cups, unwrapped
1 cup prepared chocolate frosting
1 tube (4.25 ounces orange decorating icing
1. Using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy; beat in vanill and cinnamon.
2. Stir flour into butter mixture until well blended; add melted chocolate. Cover dough; chill for 1 hour.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Shape 2 tablespoons dough into a flat round. Place the peanut butter cup onto round and mold dough around it, making sure candy is covered. Repeat with remaining dough and candy.
4. Place filled dough onto 2 ungreased baking sheets, 1 inch apart. Bake cookies until golden; about 20 minutes. Place baking sheets on wire racks; cool for 10 minutes. Transfer cookies onto racks; cool completely.
5. In a microwave safe bowl, melt chocolate frosting on 50% power for 5 seconds until thinned. Using the back of a spoon, frost the top of each cookie and let frosting set.
6. Using the tube of orange icing fitted with a small writing tip, create a criss-cross design on the top of each cookie; let icing set.
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