Peanut Butter Secrets
Prep Time: 30 min
Cook Time: 10 Min
Serves 3 1/2 dozen Servings
Difficulty Easy
Ingredients
- 1 C. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
- 3/4 C. firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 C. sugar
- 1/2 C. plus 2 tbsps. creamy peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 C. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- About 42 unwrapped miniature peanut butter C. candies
- 1 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
- HEAT oven to 375ºF. Coat baking sheets with no-stick cooking spray.
- COMBINE shortening, brown sugar, sugar and 1/2 C. peanut butter in large bowl with mixer on medium speed until well blended. Beat in egg and vanilla.
- STIR flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl until blended. Beat into shortening mixture just until blended. Form 1 rounded teaspoonful dough around each peanut butter C. until completely enclosed. Place 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
- BAKE 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove immediately to wire rack to cool completely.
- MICROWAVE chocolate chips and 2 Tbsp. peanut butter in small microwave-safe bowl on HIGH 30 seconds. Stir. Repeat until glaze is smooth when stirred. Spoon over tops on cookies, spreading with back of spoon. Let stand until set.
