CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER THUMBPRINTS

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER THUMBPRINTS image

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