Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Another yummy recipe! 

                                            Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Filling -- 1/2 cup peanut butter

           1/4 cup powdered sugar

Cookie -- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

                1/4 cup sugar

          1/2 cup margarine, softened

          8-oz. pkg cream cheese, softened

                reserve 2 oz. for frosting

          1 tsp vanilla

          1 egg

          2 cups all purpose flour

          1/4 cup cocoa

          1 tsp baking powder

Frosting -- 1 cup sifted powdered sugar

            2 tbsp. cocoa

            1-2 tbsp milk

            reserved 2 oz. cream cheese

Combine peanut butter and powdered sugar, blend until smooth. Chill while mixing cookie dough.

Cream brown sugar, sugar, margarine and 6 oz cream cheese until light and fluffy. Blend in egg and vanilla. Blend flour, cocoa and baking powder into creamed mixture. Shape dough into 1 inch balls, place 2 in. apart on cookie sheets. With thumb, make imprint in center of each cookie. Fill with 1 tsp filling. Bring dough around filling to completely cover. Bake at 350 for 9-12 minutes. Cool.

Mix frosting ingredients together and spread over cooled cookie.