Ingredients

  • FOR THE COOKIES:
  • 1/2 cups Butter
  • 4 ounces, weight Unsweetened Chocolate, Chopped
  • 3 cups Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips, Divided
  • 1-1/2 cup Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoons Salt
  • 4 whole Eggs
  • 1-1/2 cup Sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla
  • FOR THE FILLING:
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter, Melted
  • 1/4 cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1/2 cups Peanut Butter (smooth)
  • 1/8 teaspoons Salt
  • 1/4 teaspoons Vanilla

Method

  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • For the cookies: Combine the butter, unsweetened chocolate and half of the semi-sweet chocolate in a saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring until butter and chocolate have melted. Stir until smooth, remove from heat and let cool.
  • Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
  • Beat eggs, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer. Carefully beat in flour mixture. Beat well. Add the cooled chocolate. Beat until well combined. Stir in the remaining half of the chocolate chips.
  • Drop dough by 2 tablespoon-sized scoops onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Set aside.
  • Prepare the filling. Combine all of the filling ingredients in a bowl and mix them together with a spoon.
  • Spoon 1/2 teaspoon-sized scoops of peanut butter filling and place a scoop in the middle of each cookie.
  • Bake in a 350 F oven for 10 minutes. Remove pans from oven and set on a rack. Let cookies cool on baking sheets for 1 minute before removing them from the pans to a cooling rack.