Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies

Submitted by sugarpea

"Kids have fun making these peanut butter-filled chocolate cookies with chocolate chips. The peanut butter centers stay creamy inside the cake-like cookies."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 18-24 cookies

ingredients

• Cookies

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

• Filling

• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
• 1⁄4 cup brown sugar

directions

1. Cookies: Cream butter, shortening and sugars; add eggs and vanilla and beat until well mixed; sift dry ingredients except chocolate chips together, add to creamed mixture and mix well; stir in chocolate chips.
2. Firm dough by chilling 1 hour.
3. Filling: Cream peanut butter and brown sugar together.
4. Assemble Cookies: Scoop dough by 1 1/4" scoop or heaping tablespoonful onto baking sheet; make thumbprint in center of cookie; drop peanut butter filling into each thumbrint.
5. Flatten another scoop of dough in hand and cover each cookie, pressing edges together a bit.
6. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until bottom cookie edge is slightly browned.
7. Carefully transfer to rack and cool.