Marbled Chocolate Gems

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter
• softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 Land O Lakes Egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 (1-ounce) squares unsweetened baking chocolate
• melted
• cooled slightly
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 48 milk chocolate candy stars or kisses

Instructions

1. Combine butter, 1/2 cup sugar and brown sugar in bowl.
2. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
3. Add egg and vanilla; continue beating until well mixed.
4. Add flour, baking soda and salt; beat at low speed until well mixed.
5. Remove half of dough; set aside.
6. Add peanut butter to remaining dough in bowl.
7. Continue beating until well mixed.
8. Remove peanut butter dough from bowl; wrap in plastic food wrap.
9. Place reserved half of dough into bowl; add melted chocolate.
10. Continue beating until well mixed.
11. Wrap chocolate dough in plastic food wrap.
12. Refrigerate both doughs 2 hours or until firm.
13. Heat oven to 375F.
14. Place 1/2 cup sugar in bowl; set aside.
15. Press about 1/2 teaspoon of each dough together to create marbled effect; roll into 1-inch balls.
16. Roll balls in sugar.
17. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
18. Bake 8-10 minutes or until set and cookies just begin to crack.
19. Press 1 chocolate star in center of each cookie immediately.
20. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to cooling racks.
21. Cool completely