Magic in the Middle Cookies
By
Rebecca Figueroa
@beckyf712
1
Blue Ribbon Recipe
These cake-like cookies melt in your mouth with every bite! Never mind the fact that they're filled with a deliciously "magic" peanut butter filling.... yum!
The Test Kitchen
Ingredients
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1 1/2 call purpose flour
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1/2 cunsweetened cocoa powder
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1/2 tspbaking soda
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1/4 tspsalt
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1/2 cgranulated sugar, plus extra for rolling
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1/2 cbrown sugar, firmly packed
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1 stickbutter, softened
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1/4 csmooth peanut butter
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 largewhole egg
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1 largeegg yolk
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3/4 csmooth peanut butter
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3/4 cconfectioners' sugar
How to Make Magic in the Middle Cookies
- DOUGH: Preheat the oven to 375°F and lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In another medium-sized mixing bowl, beat together the sugars, butter, and 1/4 cup of peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk, beating to combine, then stir in the dry ingredients, blending well
- FORM COOKIES: Scoop 1 tablespoon of the dough. Make an indentation in the center with your finger and place one of the peanut butter balls into the indentation Bring the cookie dough up and over the filling, pressing the edges together cover the center; roll the cookie in the palms of your hand to smooth it out into ball. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.