Goober Thumbprint Cookies
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
36 cookies
- Serves:
- 36
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄3 cup Nestle Toll House Baking Cocoa
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup nestle toll house semisweet chocolate morsel
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter, divided
- 1⁄3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1⁄2 cup nestle goobers milk chocolate-covered peanuts, divided
directions
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in small bowl.
- Melt morsels over lowest possible heat; stir until smooth.
- Beat sugar, 1/3 cup peanut butter, butter and vanilla in a large mixer bowl until creamy. Beat in melted chocolate. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually stir in flour mixture. Cover; chill just until firm.
- Shape into 1-inch balls; press thumb into tops to make about 1/2 -inch deep impressions. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Fill each depression with about 1/2 teaspoons peanut butter; press 3 goobers into peanut butter.
- Bake in preheated 350F oven for 10-15 minutes or until sides are set. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.
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