Valentines Peanut Butter Cookies
Author: Leslie Green - The Hungry Housewife
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 12 mins
Total time: 22 mins
A soft peanut butter cookie with a chocolate heart in the middle,perfect for Valentines Day
Ingredients
  • 1 3/4 cup Brown Sugar, packed
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup Smooth Peanut Butter
  • 3 tablespoons Milk
  • 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 3/4 cup Flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 8.87oz. packages Dove Milk Chocolate Silky Smooth Heart Promises, unwrapped
  • Granulated Sugar, for rolling cookies
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or non stick foil.
  3. In a medium bowl, with an electric mixer, cream together the brown sugar and butter together.
  4. Mix in the peanut butter,milk and vanilla extract.
  5. Add the egg and beat until combined.
  6. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour,baking soda and salt.
  7. Mix in the dry ingredients into the peanut butter mixture and beat until thoroughly incorporated.
  8. Form into 1 1/2 tablespoon balls and roll in granulated sugar.
  9. Place on baking sheet about 1" apart and bake for 10 minutes.
  10. Remove from oven and gently press one Dove Heart into the middle of each cookie and place back into the oven and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
  11. Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookies sheet for 2 minutes.
  12. Remove from cookie sheet and allow to cool on a cooling rack completely.
Notes
Makes about 49 cookies. Unwrap about 1 1/2 packages of the Dove Chocolates, you won't need the full 2 packages.
Recipe by The Hungry Housewife at http://www.thehungryhousewife.com/2013/01/valentines-peanut-butter-cookies.html