Cookie Dough:
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
Filling:
3/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 confectioners sugar
In small bowl combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda; blend well. In large bowl beat sugar, brown sugar, margarine and 1/4 cup peanut butter until light & fluffy. Add vanilla and egg; beat well. Stir in flour mixture until blended; set aside. In small bowl, combine filling ingredients; blend well. Roll into 30 (1") balls. For each cookie, with floured hands shape about 1 tbsp dough around 1 peanut butter ball, covering completely. Place 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Bake in 375 oven 7-9 min or until set and slightly cracked. Decorate as desired.
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