Peanut Butter and Pumpkin Spice Thumbprint Cookie Recipe

Ingredients:

½ C  unsalted butter, room temp
½ C brown sugar
½ C  sugar
1 egg, room temp
1 C creamy peanut butter
1 tbsp vanilla
¾ tsp baking soda
¾ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1½ C flour
1 bag of Pumpkin Spice Kiss candy
1 bag of Ghirardelli white chocolate wafers

Directions:

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
-Cream butter and both sugars with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.
-Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl when mixing the ingredients.
-Add the egg, mixing until smooth.
-Add peanut butter and vanilla to the mixture. Blend well.
-In a separate bowl, whisk baking soda, powder, salt and flour, slowly adding to the wet ingredients.
-Mix well to ensure all of the ingredients are well blended.
-Using a small ice cream scoop make small  dough balls.
-Place them on the lined cookie sheet.
-Bake at 350 degrees for 13 minutes or until they are lightly brown on the bottom of each of the cookies.
-As soon as the cookie is taken out of the oven place the pumpkin kiss into the center of the cookie.
-Allow the cookie to cool slightly on the cookie sheet.
-Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Using a double boiler or *microwave melt the white chocolate wafers.
-Once the chocolate has melted drizzle it on top of the cookies.

*Place the white chocolate in a bowl and in the microwave for 1 minute.  Stir well. Move back into the microwave for another minute.  Stir again.  Repeat this process until all of the wafers have melted completely.

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