Steffanie's Favorite Valentine Cookies

These combine peanut butter and chocolate, two things that like good couples are okay separate, but just SHOULD be together. I love these cookies, and by my standards, they are healthy too. (I haven't bought into fat being bad, and I think sugar in moderated quantities just makes life sweet.) So here you go! We'll call the recipe my valentine to YOU!

CREAM TOGETHER:

2 packages dark chocolate Dove hearts (apx 32 hearts)

(you've seen this recipe before with kisses, but Dove is better chocolate, is heart shaped,

AND dark chocolate has all the anti-oxidant properties for a great excuse to down a few more!)

1/2 c. butter

3/4 c. pure peanut butter 

(again, no preservatives or added anything but a great punch of protein)

1/3 c. sugar

1/3 c. brown sugar

1 egg (go Omega 3 eggs for more reasons to love these cookies)

2 tbsp milk (local milk, anyone?)

1 tsp. vanilla

MIX:

1 1/2 c. flour (whole wheat works but will make the cookies drier and more crumbly)

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

Add dry to wet ingredients. Form dough into small balls (the smaller the better balance of chocolate to PB) and roll in sugar. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 8-10 minutes. Put chocolate heart on center of ball and press down slightly immediately when cookies come out of oven. 

Let cool and chocolate melt through and reset. Then ENJOY!