Y’know when you bite into a cookie and think “yeah, I know what this is gonna be like” but then you take that bite, and instead, you’re greeted with a delightful surprise?
No? Well that’s because you haven’t tried these cookies yet.
From the outside, they look like chocolate cookies. Good chocolate cookies, mind you, but that’s pretty much it. Then you taste them and… a surprise is waiting for you!
A chocolate cookie is definitely a nice thing. But even a very good chocolate cookie is “just” a chocolate cookie. We’ve all had those.
I originally saw this recipe on Recipe Girl, and just from the look of it, I knew it was going to be one of the best cookies I had ever made. Bite into this seemingly ordinary chocolate cookie, and inside is where you find the awesomeness, the source of that wondrous shock. Just look inside:
Peanut butter. Glorious, creamy, absolutely delightful peanut butter. Do yourself a favor. Make these cookies. Today.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine or butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
Filling:
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
granulated sugar, for rolling
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375. Grease or line cookie sheets.
Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, cream the margarine/butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the peanut butter and beat until well incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and the egg. Beat until well blended.
Slowly pour the dry ingredients into the butter/ sugar mixture. Blend just until a dough is formed.
Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, mix together the peanut butter and confectioner’s sugar, (use your hands if necessary) stir until a dough forms.
Using a small cookie scoop, measure out a ball of dough. Make an indentation in the center, and insert a small ball of the peanut butter filling mixture. Pinch the chocolate dough around the filling to seal the cookie. Roll into a ball, then roll in the sugar to coat. Flatten the ball slightly between your palms, or with a glass, then place on cookie sheet.
Bake at 375 for 7-9 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on tray for a couple of minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
Yields: 2-2 1/1 dozen large cookies
Note: the original recipe called for a ton more peanut butter dough, but I had lots leftover, so I reduced the amount. If you need more just mix peanut butter and confectioner’s sugar in equal proportions.
Enjoy!
(Recipe from Recipe Girl, adapted from The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion, which I bought, solely because I was so amazed at these cookies. Believe me, I did not regret that.)
As someone who rarely bakes, I have to say that these look delicious. Hopefully I can try making them soon.
Hi, thanks for stopping by! If you’re gonna bake one thing- this is it. 🙂
Please let me know how you like them!
Yummm peanut butter and chocolate…..what’s not to love? My oldest daughter would die for these…I’ll have to make her up a batch this week. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Thanks Giselle! I hope she enjoys them. 🙂
-Miriam
I made these cookies into hamantaschen last Purim. I’m not sure I can explain in a short comment, but the picture is here: http://pragmaticattic.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/purim-katan-choc-pb-hamantaschen/
Funny thing is, I’m a King Arthur fan, but I got the recipe from my sister who got the recipe from Mishpacha Magazine.
Hi PragmaticAttic (cool name!),
I’m so glad you found my blog! Making hamentashen out of these is brilliant! Might have to try that come Purim. 🙂
-Miriam
This looks like a $50K cookie! BTW, when I purchased my new camera the other day the store clerk and I got into a conversation about your shop. He knew it well, highly recommended it and had nothing but positive things to say about the staff he’s dealt with.
Hi Paula,
Thanks for the compliments! I’m not surprised that he knew of my company- we’re pretty big in the industry. But it’s nice to hear good things like that. 🙂
This cookies are even better than they look!! I’m overcook’s sister- so I got to sample one of the cookies in the pic.Thanks!
Your welcome. 🙂 glad you like them!
I agree, these have a nice surprise in them…kind of like a 50K sale that you thought was another hundred dollar sale..I get that:-). Love chocolate/pb combo.
Thanks for stopping by Becky! These are as amazing as they look…or so I’m told!
I am amazed at these cookies to. I love King Arthur’s Flour recipe. They always seem to come out. I do have to make this one.
A fellow King Arthur Fan! We should start a club. 🙂
I made these with my daughter a few times since I saw it here, and neither of us (or anyone else at home) is getting bored of them!
Hi, I’ve been looking for these kind of cookies for a while now, so do I have to coat the dough in surgar? Or could I just leave it plain? The flavor should still be fine right?
It won’t affect the taste, but it will affect the texture so I don’t recommend skipping it!
Can these cookies be made with oil as i dont use any other fat when baking.
I don’t recommend it for this particular recipe.
Do these freeze well?
Sure