Weekend Recipes - Chocolate Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies

So you all know that I've been sharing some of my disasters in the kitchen since the wedding.  How about some of the successes?  I love it when I read blogs and people have shared simple recipes that become favorites of Bruce and mine.  Hopefully some of you out there reading will be able to use some of the recipes I've found!!

These cookies are not only easy, but they're also really filling.  Not that I would condone skipping meals or anything, but if you happen to miss one and you're on the go one or two of these cookies will quench your hunger and keep you going.

Recipe courtesy of The Food Network.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Thumbprint Cookies

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons milk

1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips, chopped

1/4 cup chopped skinless peanuts

(for the filling)

3/4 cups semisweet chocolate chips

2 tablespoons peanut butter

2 tablespoons corn syrup

1 tablespoon water

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F

Cream the butter

Add the sugar and continue creaming, then add the vanilla and mix

Mix in the flour and salt

Add the milk and chopped chocolate and mix

Roll into 1 1/2 inch balls and dip the top of the ball in chopped peanuts

Place on a cookie sheet 1 1/2 inches apart and push your thumb in the middle to make a depression

Bake until light golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes

Let cool while you make the filling

(to make the filling)

Over hot water melt the chocolate then stir in the remaining ingredients

Cool 5 minutes then fill the centers of the cookies

Allow to slightly set, approximately 10 minutes