Recipe For Cooking Magic Peanut Butter Middles

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Magic Peanut Butter Middles

1 1/2 C. flour
1/2 C. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tea. baking soda
1/2 C. sugar
1/2 C. packed brown sugar
1/2 C. butter or margarine, softened
1/4 C. creamy peanut butter
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
1 egg
3/4 C. powderedsugar
3/4 C. peanut butter

In sm. bowl blend flour, cocoa and baking soda. Mix until well blended.

In lrg. bowl beat sugars, butter or butter substitute and the 1/4 C. peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and egg; beat. Stir in flour mixture until blended. Set aside.

Filling: Combine powderedsugar and the 3/4 c. peanut butter. Blend well.

Roll filling into 30 (1-in.) balls. For each cookie, with floured hands, shape about 1 Tbsp. of dough around 1 peanut butter ball, covering completely. Place 2 in. apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with glass dipped in sugar.

Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 7 to 9 min. When cookies are done, they should be set and slightly cracked.

Yields 15 servings