Double Delight Peanut Butter Cookies

Are you still searching for the perfect cookie to fill your plates at your next cookie exchange or neighbor gifts?  These would surly fit the bill.  These are worth 1 million dollars... Well kind of these cookies won  The Pillsbury cook off
2008 Grand Prize Winner:
Carolyn Gurtz, Gaithersburg, MD

Winning Recipe:
Double-Delight Peanut Butter Cookies (see recipe below)

Prize:
$1,000,000
 

 Pretty cool huh. I wouldn't mind that, there was some stiff competition though.  Making these won't make you  1 million dollars richer,but it is fun and they taste oh so good.

It's a twist on the classic peanut butter cookie! Crunchy outside, creamy inside, with just a hint of cinnamon. A real winner!

Double Delight Peanut Butter Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup Fisher® Dry Roasted Peanuts, finely chopped

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup JIF® Creamy Peanut Butter

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated peanut butter cookies, well chilled

DIRECTIONS:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, mix chopped peanuts, granulated sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
• In another small bowl, stir peanut butter and powdered sugar until completely blended. Shape mixture into 24 (1-inch) balls.
• Cut roll of cookie dough into 12 slices. Cut each slice in half crosswise to make 24 pieces; flatten slightly. Shape 1 cookie dough piece around 1 peanut butter ball, covering completely. Repeat with remaining dough and balls.
• Roll each covered ball in peanut mixture; gently pat mixture completely onto balls. On ungreased large cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Spray bottom of drinking glass with CRISCO® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray; press into remaining peanut mixture. Flatten each ball to 1/2-inch thickness with bottom of glass. Sprinkle any remaining peanut mixture evenly on tops of cookies; gently press into dough.
• Bake 7 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Store tightly covered.