Peanut Butter Surprises
- 1 12 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 12 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 cup dry roasted salted peanut, roughly chopped (plus about 48 halves for pressing into tops)
- 10 ounces semisweet chocolate, cut into 1 inch chunks
- Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, and set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and vanilla, beat until well combined.
- Add peanut butter, and beat until combined.
- Add the flour mixture all at once, and bat on low speed until just combined.
- Add the peanuts; beat until combined.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 450.
- Pinch off 2 T of dough, and make a well in your hand with the dough.
- Place one chunk of chocolate in the center, and enclose with the dough to cover completely.
- Roll dough into about a 1 3/4 in ball with your hands.
- Place the ball of dough on the baking sheet adn repeat, placing cookies about 2 inches apart.
- Press 2 peanut halves into the top of each cookie.
- Bake until cookies are golden, 16-18 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through.
- Remove from the oven; tranfer cookies to a wire rack to cool slightly.
flour, baking soda, salt, unsalted butter, light brown sugar, egg, vanilla, smooth peanut butter, peanut, chocolate
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/peanut-butter-surprises-155860 (may not work)