First off, I caved and joined twitter. So if you want to know what spices I am running low on, today is your lucky day. OK, now I’ll make with the cookies.
It seems that Peanut Butter Pillows won this battle, but the war still rages and I’ll post a few more of your recipe requests in the next few weeks. Right now, though, let’s get down to business. This recipe come straight from the ska checkered oven mitted hands of Terry Hope Romero.
Chocolate and peanut butter fans will totally stalk you once they get a bite of these classic chocolately cookies with a heart of sweet and salty peanut butter. We can’t deny impatience is rewarded here: these cookies when eaten warm just a few minutes out of the oven are dynamite. We use black cocoa powder because we happen to have it, but dutch processed or even regular cocoa powder would be A-OK.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Pillows
makes 2 dozen cookies
Chocolate dough:
1/2 cup canola oil
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
3 tablespoons non-dairy milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened dutch processed cocoa powder
2 tablespoons black unsweetened cocoa or more dutch processed unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Filling:
3/4 cup natural salted peanut butter, crunchy or creamy style
2/3 cup confectioner’s sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons soy creamer or non-dairy milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a large mixing bowl combine oil, sugar, maple syrup, non-dairy milk and vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Sift in flour, cocoa powder, black cocoa if using, baking soda and salt. Mix to form a moist dough.
Make the filling. In another mixing bowl beat together peanut butter, confectioner’s sugar, 2 tablespoons of soy creamer and vanilla extract to form a moist but firm dough. If peanut butter dough is too dry (as different natural peanut butters have different moisture content), stir in remaining tablespoon of non-dairy milk. If dough is too wet knead in a little extra powdered sugar.
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line bakings sheet with parchment paper.
Shape the cookies. Create the centers of the cookies by rolling the peanut butter dough into 24 balls. Scoop a generous tablespoon of chocolate dough, flatten into a disc and place a peanut butter ball in the center. Fold the sides of the chocolate dough up and around the peanut butter center and roll the chocolate ball into an smooth ball between your palms. Place on a sheet of waxed paper and repeat with remaining doughs. If desired gently flatten cookies a little, but this is not necessary.
Place dough balls on lined baking sheets about 2 inches apart and bake for 10 minutes. Remove sheet from oven and let cookies for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to complete cooling. Store cookies in tightly covered container. If desired warm cookies in a microwave for 10 to 12 seconds before serving.
i love peanut butter!!! i want to make these NOW! thanks for sneaking the recipe to us before the book even comes out…which i’ve ordered off amazon already, cuz i’m a food nerd (ferd??) anyway, i’m thinking about making these with pb and co’s dark chocolate dreams peanut butter. i think they might arrest me for making something so decadent, though…
Holy mother I need to make these!
OH YES! These look wonderful!
Chocolate and peanut butter won yet another recipe battle.
Thanks for the recipe 🙂
YES! I caved last week…
WOW!
Oh, my, these look INCREDIBLE! I just happen to love both chocolate AND peanut butter. . . .
Oh man these look amazing. Ive barely eaten all day because I’m so sick, and every time I even think of food I feel sick. BUT THESE actually made me hungry, which must be a sign. I’m going to make these!! (once I can get up)
My best friend and I are planning to make them tonight! Thanks for the recipe!!
Thanks for sharing the recipe! I thought those cookies were quite intriguing (the chocolate/peanut butter combo is a classic, but the shape of the cookies seemed unusual to me), so I’m glad I’ll get to try them soon.
Ooooh, I just thought of something: almond butter instead of the peanut butter! Oh yeah, that will be awesome!
Those are beautiful. AND I have all of those ingredients, awesome!!
Oh! Oh! Oh! and continue the ‘Oh’s for a few more lines! Peanut butter AND chocolate!!! I’ll be making these very soon. Losing weight? Moi? Not for another wee while, I’m afraid….
So we made them- they were just as you would expect from looking at the pictures- SO GOOD… Kind of like a chewy crunchy brownie stuffed with sweet peanut butter- perfect with a glass of cold soy milk!
Our thoughts: why not make a BUNCH of different “pillow” cookies? We came up with Cherry Cheezecake Pillows, Coconut Caramel Pillows, etc. etc. etc. Yes we got a bit carried away LOL!
Yum they look really good and I bet they taste divine.
Yay! I’m so glad you posted this recipe! I was in despair, thinking I’d have to wait for the book to come out before I could eat these.
These look so perfect! There is almost nothing better than the combination of chocolate and peanut butter. I love the “pillow” idea, thanks for sharing!
Sounds and looks delicious – this will have to go into the ‘will make later’ file; first I have a marathon to run, then I can start back on the sweet stuff…
recipe conversion from king arthur?
http://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2008/10/27/cast-a-spell-with-these-cookies-magic-in-the-middles/
they recommend freezing the pb filling to make it handle better.
omg yours look so good!!!
I’m in love with chocolate and peanut butter!
YES. thank you.
thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you! this will be a good week.
These were easy to make and easier to eat. But hard to share.
Oh no, why did you have to write a recipe for cookies that I have all the ingredients for?! Now I have to make them!!! PB + chocolate = irresistible!
Have I told you lately, that I love you? 😉
Where do I acquire these ska checkered oven mitts? If Terry gets ’em, I get ’em too!
OK, these cookies look amazing, but I still absolutely must have the recipe for the Magical Coconut Bars, also. Please?
woah, thank you! i will have to try these this weekend!!
Has anyone tried making cookies using just the chocolate dough recipe? YUM! Make sure to underbake them slightly so they stay slightly soft and chewy in the middle.
Made them tonight. As with all Isa’s recipes they are flawless and exactly as they appear and are described here! SO GOOD! Oh, except I made them a little bit oblong shaped and am calling them PB Chocolate Eggs for Easter!
i’m so glad these won! thanks so much, isa–can’t wait to make them. 🙂
THANK YOU!!!!
i finally just got the time to make these! they are beyond awesome! thank you so much!
me and some of my room mates made these. We ate so many of them that every time a new batch was finished the previous batch was all ready gone!
Ooooo man my stomach!
Thank you so much for posting this fabulous recipe and sharing previews of your upcoming book. I can’t wait to buy it! Do you have an estimated release date? Veganomicon is solely responsible for my vegan-ness!
Give-me-cookies….now…..pillows….now. Choco–late, peanut-buttttttter!!!!
Sorry, I was daydreaming out loud. I had better head to the kitchen and bake some. Thank you! 🙂
I just made these yesterday. OH MY GOODNESS! Delicious. This is the most satisfying chocolatey-peanut buttery vegan recipe I have ever made. The peanut butter center tastes like a classier and higher-quality version of the center of a Reese’s peanut butter cup, and certainly less oily. The chocolately outer cookie has a wonderful chewy texture.
Amazing!!!
I just got around to making these, and OMG they are soooooo good. They fill the void of long lost lust for Reese’s cups.
These are really. really. really. good. I wasn’t even baking for myself, but yummmm!
Strangely, I had a little trouble with the chocolate dough. I’ve never had a problem with an Isa/Terry recipe before so its gotta be something with my ingredients or my brain today… but I was wondering if anyone else had trouble keeping the chocolate dough together? It seemed to just totally fall apart. Luckily I was baking at my parents house so my dad finagled a solution (extra flour at the end and a large splash of water) but I’m still not sure what happened.
I think I gained 3 pounds just looking at this post! Those are gorgeous.
Hey kpepper, you did the right thing! Since we don’t weigh the ingredients the amount of flour can be off. With this dough, I think a little splash of water was just what the doctor ordered to make it come together.
Ok, I just tried this. Heaven! Isa, I think you need to start paying for my gym membership! You are too tempting!
thanks isa!
Made these this past week for my small group… OMG so good and everyone went crazy over them. I found the chocolate dough a bit oily but I’m not sure I was 100 percent on the measurement. This is a keeper fo’ sho’.
I just made these and OH MY GOD. Incredibly easy and So. Good.
If you had trouble with the dough coming together, make sure you mix these by hand. I’ve had lots of trouble before with being lazy and making cookie dough in the electric mixer and it almost always ends up crumbly. I mixed my chocolate dough with a regular table spoon and had no trouble with it. It does get a little soft and oily with handling, but popping it into the fridge between batches firmed it back up.
i made these tonight, i didn’t have natural peanut butter or maple syrup so i used regular peanut butter and corn syrup. they turned out really tasty but the peanut butter melted a lot. next time i’ll follow the recipe better but for making them the first time they were great!
These are amazing! Thanks for sharing (o:
YUM! These are the devil…we ate the whole batch in a day!
I’m eating one of these heavenly peanut buttery creations right now! Holy moly!!!!