This recipe comes from a old friend of mine Lorraine who is not only an amazing mother of 4 but an awesome cook/baker! I'm always in awe of the delicious food she cooks her family. This one is a keeper!! Who doesn't love chocolate & peanut butter together!?! The peanut butter frosting is great on chocolate or vanilla cupcakes as well.
Ingredients:
1 3/4c flour
1tsp baking soda
1/4c cocoa
1/2c butter
1/4c peanut butter
1/2c sugar
1/2c brown sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
1/4c mini chocolate chip
Method:
Mix the first 3 dry ingredients together in a bowl, set aside.
In a mixer cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffly.
Add brown sugar and peanut butter, mix together.
Add the egg and vanilla into the mixer, blend until completed incorporated.
Add the bowl of dry ingredients slowly to the mixer.
Use a couple tbsp of cream to make all the dry ingredients blend in with the wet ingredients
Stir in the mini chocolate chips
Make tablespoon size balls of dough and roll into a bowl of sugar to cover the dough. Reshape the dough into a ball.
Press with fork to make crisscross pattern
Bake for 6 minutes at 375degrees
Let cool completely
Peanut Butter Frosting:
1/4c butter
1/2c peanut butter
2c icing sugar
1/3c cream
Blend with a mixer and place inbetween cookies
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