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Triple Chocolate Peanut Butter-Filled Cookies

These triple chocolate cookies are perfectly rich and delicious, and the best part... they are packed with a surprise peanut butter filling! These are SO good that you would never guess that they are so simple to make. Give them a try today!
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup butter-flavored shortening
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter softened
  • cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • cup semi-sweet chocolate chips melted (2 ounces)
  • cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • cups white chocolate chips *reserve ½ cup for topping them after baking
For the Cookie Filling
  • ½ cup creamy peanut butter

Method
 

To prepare the peanut butter filling
  1. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Scoop 1-2 teaspoons of peanut butter and place on prepared cookie sheet (use your fingers or a spoon to shape it into a small round dollop).
  3. Once you have created 24 dollops, place the cookie sheet in the freezer for at least 2 hours or until the peanut butter has frozen.
To make the cookies
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or a hand mixer, shortening, butter and brown sugar on high for 1-2 minutes. Scrape down the bowl once complete.
  3. Add in milk, egg, vanilla extract and melted chocolate. Mix until combined. Scrape down the bowl once complete.
  4. In separate bowl, whisk dry ingredients together (flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt).
  5. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients in 4 portions. Mix until combined
  6. Using a wooden spoon, mix in the white chocolate chips. Reserve ½ cup of chocolate chips to top the cookies right after they come out of the oven.
  7. Grease and line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
  8. Remove peanut butter dollops from the freezer.
  9. Use a cookie dough scoop a spoon to scoop out a 1-inch dough ball. Then flatten the dough out and place a frozen peanut butter dollop in the center of the dough. Fold the dough over the peanut butter (ensure it is fully covered by cookie dough) and roll dough into a ball.
  10. Place the dough balls on to baking sheet, leaving at least 1 inch in between each cookie.
  11. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges of the cookies just begin to crack.
  12. Let cookies cool on baking sheet for 5-10 minutes, then transfer to cooling rack.