Picture and recipe from Creations By Kara.
I made these the other day when we were having presidency meeting at my house so I wouldn't be tempted to eat them all alone. :) And they were super yummy!! And they were all very impressed as they look pretty fancy. They are very rich though, so definitely only make them when you have lots of people to share with.
Magic Middle Cookies
Peanut butter filling:
3/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
Dough:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 tsp soda
1/4 tsp salt
Sugar for rolling
For filling, stir together peanut butter and powdered sugar till smooth. Cover and chill while you prepare the dough. Beat sugars, butter, and peanut butter till creamy. Beat in vanilla and eggs till well combined. Stir together dry ingredients and add. Stir till well mixed. Roll dough into 24-26 balls. Remove filling from fridge and roll into balls.
To make cookies, take a ball of cookie dough and flatten it out in your palm. Place a ball of filling in the middle. Wrap the dough around the PB filling and pinch together to seal. Roll the ball in your hand to smooth it out. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Roll the cookie dough balls in sugar and place on lightly greased cookie sheets. Flatten to about 1/2" thick using the bottom of a glass. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.
MY TIP- scoop out all the cookie dough into balls so you'll know how many cookies you'll be making. Then roll the peanut butter mixture into a long snake and cut it into the correct amount to match up with the cookies. Otherwise you'll be like me and have some in the beginning with very little filling cause you have no idea how much to put in and then some at the end with TONS.
These are really quite easy for how impressive they look. Enjoy!!
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