Chocolate-Iced Peanut Squares

Name: Chocolate-Iced Peanut Squares
Yield: One 9 x 13 x 2-inch pan, about twenty-four 2-inch squares
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: ½ cup coarsely chopped honey-roasted peanuts; 12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened; 1 large egg; ½ cup granulated sugar; ⅔ cup light brown sugar; ⅓ cup peanut butter; 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter, softened; 6 ounces semisweet or bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled; 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract; 2½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 large egg yolk

Preparation info

One 9 x 13 x 2 inch pan, about
twenty-four
2-inch squares

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

About

I love peanut butter cookies of all kinds—especially when they have chocolate icing on them. Sometimes I vary these by using chunky peanut butter, or by adding a handful of chopped honey-roasted peanuts to the dough. They are great unfrosted, but adding the chocolate icing and the chopped peanuts really makes them extraordinary.

Ingredients

Peanut Butter Dough

12 tablespoons (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened
⅓ cup

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Cookies
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Set a rack in the middle level of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and peanut butter about half a minute on medium speed until well mixed. Beat in both sugars and c