peanut butter "snickerdoodles"

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 2 cups peanut butter
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 4 eggs
• 4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 6 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 24 fun size bars chocolate-coated caramel-peanut nougat candy
• 1/2 cup white sugar, for sprinkling

Recipe

Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 12 mins Ready Time: 52 mins


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). line baking sheets with parchment paper, and set aside.
• beat together the butter, peanut butter, 2 cups white sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl, stirring until well mixed and creamy. mix in the vanilla extract and eggs.
• in a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. mix the flour mixture, one cup at a time, into the butter mixture, and stir until you have a smooth dough.
• scoop up 1/4 cup of dough per cookie, and form it into a ball around a fun size candy bar. set the balls a baking sheet at least 6 inches apart, and flatten each ball with a fork in a cross-hatch pattern, making sure the cookie dough is still fully covering the candy bar. sprinkle each cookie with about 1/2 teaspoon white sugar.
• bake the cookies in the preheated oven until the cookies are slightly browned around the edges, 12 to 14 minutes.