So, this is a new recipe i found that tastes wonderful and if you're totally okay with making a mess, THIS IS THE RECIPE for you! :)
Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup sugar (You'll need more for rolling later)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter (a full stick of butter if that's what you're using), softened
1 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
Instructions:
Set your oven to 375 degrees. In a medium bowl whisk flour, cocoa, soda & salt. Set aside until later. In another medium bowl beat sugars, butter and a 1/4 cup of peanut butter until completely fluffy (takes about a minute to fully get it to the right consistency.) Add vanilla and the egg. Stir in flour mix and blend it together REALLY well. Set that aside, too. In your last bowl, mix powdered sugar and the rest of the your peanut butter until smooth (the electric mixer doesn't work too well with this mixture unless you are using a really tall bowl.)
Now that all your mixtures are ready you can officially start making your cookies, which is the best part!
Take a HEAPING tablespoon (or you can just eye the amount, that's what i did) and flatten it. Take 1 teaspoon (again it doesn't have to be an exact teaspoon) and put in the center of the flatten dough. Press all the corners around the peanut butter and roll in a ball. Now this is where that extra sugar comes into place. Pour some sugar in a bowl to make it easier. Roll the ball in it and make sure EVERY brown parts are completely covered in sugar. Place each ball about 2 inches apart. Take a cup and flatten each ball (about an inch and half thick, if not more) with the bottom of the cup.
Bake for 7-9 minutes. Mine took longer but that's because my oven has to be set ten degrees higher than the given temp. So, just keep an eye on it. When the outer part is a little hard they are perfect!
I hope yours turns out just as wonderful as mine! I loved these!
Joel says he loves them! So thats good :)
Enjoy!
-CML
