Snickers Cookies

By kayjayjohnson

Inside each one of these mildly peanut butter flavored cookies is a gooey surprise. I’ve attempted to perfect their texture by creaming the viscous peanut butter mixture in a food processor, before transferring to a stand mixer for the final addition of flour. If you don’t have a food processor you can do everything in a stand mixer, just make sure you spend some extra time creaming the butter, peanut butter, and sugars together.

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened (2 sticks)
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter (Jiff)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon real vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 bags (11.5 ounce) Snickers Miniatures (Half a bag is for snacking during cooking making.)

Details

Servings 52
Adapted from thecookingphotographer.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a food processor, process together the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla extract until fluffy. Scrap the bowl down as needed. Add the eggs and baking soda and pulse to combine.

Transfer to a stand mixer, add the flour and beat until just incorporated. Don’t over mix.

Wrap the dough in wax paper and store in a covered container. Refrigerate for 2 hours or more before baking.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Unwrap 52 mini Snickers bars. Then with a standard cookie scoop (size 50), scoop the dough into your hand. Press the dough together and flatten. Place a Snickers bar in the center of the dough and push the dough around to seal.

Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets and bake for about 12 minutes. Let the cookies rest on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before removing to cooling racks.

Notes:

If your Snickers are not super fresh, try smashing them down a little before pressing in the dough so a tell tale candy bar mark doesn't show through. Or even better you can very lightly press the cookies with the flat bottom of a glass right after they come out of the oven.

If your dough is too crumbly try spritzing your hands with a bit of water to moisten the dough as you roll each ball of dough.