Chocolate Filled Peanut Butter Cookies
- 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/3 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream
- 1 cup real semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 3 tablespoons finely chopped dry roasted peanuts
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons coarse grain or decorator sugar
- Combine flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in bowl.
- Cut in butter and peanut butter with pastry blender or fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in honey and milk just until combined.
- Divide dough in half.
- Shape each half into a ball; flatten slightly.
- Wrap each in plastic food wrap.
- Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm.
- Heat oven to 350F.
- Roll out dough, one-half at a time, on lightly floured surface (keeping remaining dough refrigerated) to 1/8-inch thickness.
- Cut with 2-inch round cookie cutter or biscuit cutter.
- Place half of cookies 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Place whipping cream in 1-quart saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat until cream almost comes to a boil.
- Add chocolate chips and peanuts; stir until chocolate is melted.
- Spoon 1 teaspoonful filling over cookies on cookie sheets.
- Top with remaining cut-out cookie rounds.
- Crimp edges with fork; prick tops.
- Brush with milk; sprinkle with coarse sugar.
- Bake 11-13 minutes or until light brown.
- Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack.
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Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/3800/chocolate-filled-peanut-butter-cookies (may not work)