FUDGE-FILLED IRRESTIBLE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

FUDGE-FILLED IRRESTIBLE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES image

Yield 48 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 15

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Cookies
Crisco no-stick cooking spray
1 1/2 cups Jif creamy peanut butter
1 stick Crisco baking sticks all-vegetable shortening or 1 cup Crisco all vegetable shortening
2 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup milk
2 T. vanilla
3 large eggs
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 t. baking soda
1 1/2 t. salt
Filling
1 14-oz sweetened condensed milk
3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 t. vanilla

Steps:

1. Heat oven to 375ºF. Coat baking sheets with no-stick cooking spray For cookies: 2.Beat peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs 3. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Add to creamed mixture on low speed, mixing just until blended. Drop by level T. 2" apart onto baking sheets. 4. Bake 6-7 minutes or just until set and beginning to brown. Cool 2 minutes on cooking sheets and then transfer to wire rack to cool completely. 5. For filling: Microwave sweetened condensed mil and chocolate chips in medium bowl on high for 1 1/2 minutes or until melted and smooth when stirred. Stir in vanilla. Let cool 15 minutes. Spread generously on flat side of half the cookies. Top with remaining cookies, flat side down, to form sandwich cookies.