Peanut Butter Bon Bons

Name: Peanut Butter Bon Bons
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: brown sugar; peanut butter; vegetable shortening; milk; vanilla extract; eggs; flour; salt; baking soda; milk chocolate chips; vegetable shortening

Submitted by mvaughn

YIELD

4 dozen

PREP

10 min

COOK

20 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

1 ¼

CUPS BROWN SUGAR
firmly packed *

CUP PEANUT BUTTER
creamy

CUP VEGETABLE SHORTENING *

TABLESPOONS MILK

TABLESPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

EACH EGGS

1 ¾

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TEASPOON SALT

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

Icing

CUP MILK CHOCOLATE CHIPS *

TEASPOON VEGETABLE SHORTENING *

Directions

Pre-heat oven to 375℉ (190℃) (190C). Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling cookies.
For cookies, combine brown sugar, peanut butter, shortening, Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Add egg. Beat just until blended.
Combine flour, salt and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended.
Form dough into 1-inch (2½ cm) balls. Place 2 inches (5 cm) apart on ungreased baking sheet.
Bake one baking sheet at a time at 375℉ (190℃) (190C) for 7 to 8 DO NOT OVERBAKE. Cool 2 minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to foil to cool completely.
For icing, place chocolate chips and shortening in microwave Microwave at 50% (MEDIUM) power for 2 to 3 minutes or until chips are shiny and soft (or melt on rangetop in small saucepan on very low heat). Stir until smooth. Cover each cookie with chocolate using spatula or small butter knife. Set on wire cooling rack until chocolate has hardened.