Chocolate Thumbprints #2
Submitted by tmassing
Chocolate thumbprint cookies studded with mini chocolate chips and filled with a creamy peanut butter center. The chocolate-peanut butter combo makes these vanish from any cookie tray.
YIELD
24 servingsPREP
25 minCOOK
8 minREADY
1 hrsChocolate meets peanut butter in the most satisfying cookie format imaginable.
The base is a rich chocolate dough packed with mini chocolate chips. Press your thumb into each one before baking, then fill the little wells with a smooth peanut butter cream once they cool.
Every bite gives you that salty-sweet crunch followed by a creamy peanut butter finish.
This batch makes 2 dozen, which sounds like plenty until you watch them disappear.
Kitchen Tips
- Press your thumb into the dough firmly enough to create a good-sized well. If it’s too shallow, there’s not enough room for the filling.
- Re-press the centers right after baking while they’re still warm. They puff up in the oven and need reshaping.
- Let the cookies cool completely before filling. Warm cookies will melt the peanut butter cream and it’ll pool right out.
Ingredients
Directions
Cookies:
Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃) F (180 degrees C).
Grease baking sheet with Golden Crisco Shortening.
Set aside.
Combine Golden Crisco Shortening, granulated sugar, milk, vanilla and egg yolk.
Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
Add melted chocolate.
Mix well.
Combine flour and salt.
Add to chocolate mixture.
Mix until blended.
Stir in chocolate chips.
Form dough into 1inch (2½ cm balls.)
Place 2 inches (5 cm) apart on baking sheet.
Press thumb gently in center of each cookie.
Bake at 350℉ (180℃) F (180 degrees C) for 8 minutes.
Repress centers after baking.
Remove to cooling rack.
Cool completely.
Fill center with Peanut Butter Cream Filling.
Peanut Butter Cream Filling:
Combine Golden Crisco Shortening and peanut butter in medium bowl.
Stir with spoon until blended.
Add 1 cup (250 mL) icing sugar.
Stir well.
Add milk and vanilla.
Stir until smooth.
Fill cooled thumbprint cookies.
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