Title: Filled Peanut Butter Cookies
Categories: Cookie Kids Dessert
Yield: 12 Servings

12	oz	(1 Pk) Peanut Butter Morsels
2	c	Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
3/4	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Baking Soda
1	c	Butter or Margarine;
		Softened
3/4	c	Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
1/3	c	Granulated Sugar
1	lg	Egg
1	ts	Vanilla Extract
PEANUT BUTTER FILLING
1/2	c	Finely Chopped Peanuts
3	ts	Honey
2	ts	Milk
1/4	ts	Ground Cinnamon
2/3	c	Peanut Butter Morsels;
		Unmelted

Preheat the oven to 400 Degrees F. In a pan, melt the peanut butter morsels and set aside. In a small bowl, combine the flour, salt and baking soda and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine the butter, sugars, egg and vanilla. Beat on medium speed, of an electric mixer, until creamy. Blend in the melted peanut butter morsels. Gradually add the flour mixture. Shape into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Press in the center of the cookies, with your thumb, and fill the center with 1/4 ts of the peanut butter filling mixture. Bake in the oven for 7 to 10 minutes.

PEANUT BUTTER FILLING:

Combine the chopped peanuts, honey, mil and cinnamon in a small bowl, blending well. Stir in the peanut butter morsels.

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