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Peanut butter stuffed chocolate cookie stack

Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Cookies

Peanut butter stuffed chocolate cookies are easy to make and a wonderful decadent surprise for anyone who eats them.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 36
Calories 186 kcal

Ingredients
  

Cookie Dough

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Peanut Butter Filling

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  • Make the peanut butter filling by beating powdered sugar, peanut butter, and melted butter together in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
  • In another mixing bowl sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a third mixing bowl cream butter and sugar together.
  • Add eggs and vanilla. Mix well.
  • Start adding flour and cocoa powder mixture about 1/3 at a time, mixing well between.
  • Take some of the chocolate cookie batter and make a ball in the palms of your hand.
  • Then flatten the cookie dough balls onto a baking sheet.
  • Take some of the peanut butter filling and make a smaller ball. Flatten it and place it on top of the chocolate dough.
  • Make a top for the cookie by making another ball of the chocolate dough, flattened, and place it on top.
  • Press edges together to enclose the peanut butter filling.
  • Continue until the cookie sheet is filled.
  • Bake 7-10 minutes.
  • Remove and let cool for 10 minutes.
  • Transfer to a cooling rack or kitchen towel to continue to cool.
  • Once cool, keep them in a container with a lid for a few days.

Notes

The cookies I made were pretty big, about 4 inches wide. If you make them smaller you will yield more cookies.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 186kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 178mgFiber: 1gSugar: 15g

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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