Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cookies

My mother-in-law was known for her chocolate and peanut butter cookies, and her special Sunday dinners. She always enjoyed baking and even worked in a bakery to help put her sons through college. Her cookies were always picture-perfect. —Cathy Pawlowski, Naperville, Illinois

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  Total Time

  Prep: 30 min. Bake: 15 min./batch + cooling
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  Makes

  5 dozen

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• Additional sugar
• PEANUT BUTTER TOPPING:
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• CHOCOLATE GLAZE:
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted
• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons 2% milk

Directions

• Preheat oven to 325°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour to creamed mixture and mix well.
• Shape into 3/4-in. balls. Coat bottom of a glass with cooking spray, then dip it in sugar. Flatten cookies with prepared glass, redipping glass in sugar as needed. Place on baking sheets. Bake until set, 12-15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
• In a small bowl, beat the brown sugar, peanut butter and butter until smooth. Spread 1 teaspoon over each cookie. Combine glaze ingredients; gently spread 3/4 teaspoon over each peanut butter layer. Store in a single layer in airtight containers.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 157 calories, 10g fat (6g saturated fat), 20mg cholesterol, 75mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.

source https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chocolate-and-peanut-butter-cookies/

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