Tagalongs

It's girl scout cookie time and instead of buying some Camille and I decided to make our own.  She whipped up some Tagalongs and I made some Samoas which I have posted about before.

Tagalongs (Peanut Butter Patties)

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream together butter and sugar. Mix in flour, baking powder and salt.  Add vanilla and milk. Roll dough into a log and refridgerate until firm.  Slice into cookies.  Bake cookies for 11-13 minutes, until bottoms and the edges are lightly browned and cookies are set.  Immediately after removing cookies from the oven, use a small spoon to make a depression in the center of each cookie.  Cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.  Fill with filling:

Filling:
1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1-2 cups chocolate chips

In a small bowl, whisk together peanut butter, confectioners’ sugar, salt and vanilla. When the mixture has come together, heat it in the microwave for 30 seconds until it is soft. Spoon on top of cooked cookies.  Chill cookies with filling for 20-30 minutes, or until the peanut butter is firm.  Melt chocolate chips and dip chilled cookies into chocolate, let excess drip off, and place on a sheet of parchment paper to let the chocolate set up.