Peanut Butter Whopper Cookies

Love these! Think they would be good with chocolate frosting too (kind of like reese’s)

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Difficulty: Easy

Servings: varies

Ingredients

1 stick softened butter
½ Cup Peanut Butter
½ Cup sugar
½ Cup brown sugar
1 large egg
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 ¼ Cup flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
3.5 oz container Peanut Butter Whoppers, coarsely crushed

sugar for rolling

1 container whipped vanilla frosting (or a homemade frosting of choice)

Directions

1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a stand or electric mixer, cream the butter, peanut butter, and sugars until creamy. Add egg and vanilla until well combined.

2.Place flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl, stir to combine. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients on low speed, then add whoppers until just combined.

3. Scoop dough with a medium cookie scoop, roll into sugar then place onto a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until cooked but still soft.

4. Let cool

5. Spread frosting between 2 cookies and enjoy.

Categories: Cookies & Bars, Kid-Friendly

Submitted by: quietstorm on April 25, 2011