Holiday Baking 2012, Peanut Butter Surprise

I decided to post a mini baking series to accompany my holiday prep series this year. This recipe is a huge hit in my family, so I thought I'd share it with you! I have pasted the recipe below as well as the link to it on my pinterest page. Please let me know what you think if you decide to try this recipe out! Thanks for watching :)

Peanut Butter Surprise
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Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies
Note: Recipe Adapted from Everyday Food July/August 2003
http://www.marthastewart.com/336430/p...
Makes about 22 Cookies/Easy to Double

½ cup creamy peanut butter
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1/3 cup granulated sugar (for rolling dough)
22 mini chocolate peanut-butter cups, unwrapped and chilled

Preheat oven to 350°. Place two racks in the center of the oven.

Whisk flour, baking powder, & salt in a medium bowl & set aside.

Beat peanut butter and butter with an electric mixer on medium until smooth. Add brown sugar and beat until combined, scraping down bowl as necessary. Add eggs one at a time and then vanilla, mixing until incorporated. With mixer on low speed, gradually beat in dry ingredients.

Put granulated sugar in a small bowl. Use a 1 ¾" cookie scoop to form dough into balls. Roll each ball of dough in sugar, coating completely. Use fingers to flatten dough ball a bit. Place on baking sheets lined with parchment, about 2 inches apart.

Bake until cookies begin to puff up slightly, about 6 minutes. Remove from oven. Press one chilled peanut butter cup in center of each cookie. Return to oven & continue baking until cookies are golden brown and chocolate has begun to melt, about 5-6 minutes more. Let cool at least 10 minutes on baking sheet before transferring cookies to rack to cool completely (about 1 hour).

It can take awhile for the peanut butter cups to set again. After cookies have cooled on the sheets for one hour, move cookies to the refrigerator to set the chocolate for about one hour. Store at room temperature in an airtight container.

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I am featuring a recipe I adapted from the July/August issue of Everyday Food magazine. I did not create this recipe. This is not a sponsored video. All opinions are my own.