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CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER THUMBPRINTS



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The popular combination of chocolate and peanut butter is hard to beat...and the cream filling in these cookies takes them beyond the ordinary!-Nancy Foust, Stoneboro, Pennsylvania

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 50m

Yield about 3 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 cup butter-flavored shortening
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons milk
2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
FILLING:
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons butter-flavored shortening
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Beat in the egg yolks, milk, melted chocolate and vanilla. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to chocolate mixture. Stir in chocolate chips. Roll into 1-in. balls., Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make an indentation in the center of each ball. Bake at 350° for 11-13 minutes or until firm. Remove to wire racks to cool completely., Meanwhile, for filling, in a small bowl, beat peanut butter and shortening until combined. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. Fill cookies with filling. Store in an airtight container.

Nutrition Facts :

CHOCOLATE PEANUT THUMBPRINTS



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Enjoy these homemade chocolate cookies filled with peanut butter - a wonderful dessert treat.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 ounces semisweet baking chocolate, melted and cooled
1 egg
1 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons chopped peanut brittle, if desired

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 375°F. Beat granulated sugar, butter, vanilla, chocolate and egg in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour and salt.
  • Shape dough by tablespoonfuls into balls. Place about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press thumb or end of wooden spoon into center of each cookie to make indentation, but do not press all the way through.
  • Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until firm. Quickly remake indentations with end of wooden spoon if necessary. Immediately remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Mix peanut butter and powdered sugar. Fill each thumbprint with about 1 teaspoon peanut butter mixture or jelly. Sprinkle with peanut brittle.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 130, Carbohydrate 13 g, Cholesterol 20 mg, Fat 1, Fiber 1 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 80 mg

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER THUMBPRINTS



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Categories     Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients:
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/4 c. shortening
1/4 c. butter, softened
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 oz. melted unsweetened chocolate
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. flour
1/4. cup Nestle peanut butter swirl chocolate chips
1/2 c. Kathleen's peanut butter frosting, below:
Kathleen's PB Frosting (this is Ina Garten's recipe and it is the absolute best ever!)
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
5 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup heavy cream

Steps:

  • Instructions for bars: Prepare PB Frosting. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fold chips into peanut butter frosting and set aside. Cream butter, shortening, and sugar. Beat in egg, chocolate, and vanilla. Blend in salt and flour. Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place at least 1 inch apart on parchment lined cookie sheet. Press a large thumbprint into each cookie and fill with a tsp. of peanut butter mixture. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until set. Instructions for frosting: Put sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla and salt in mixer. Mix on medium low until creamy, scraping with spatula as you work. Add the cream and beat on high until the mixture is glossy and smooth

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