Dessert Friday! Peanut Butter Lava Cookies

Pinspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/185210603398368933/

I get excited when I get invited somewhere that requires me to bring something to share. So when I got an invite to a small party at my niece's new condo, I decided to try out these peanut butter lava cookies, since I had some pie crust I needed to use up. And I love peanut butter. I did have to buy creamy, because I usually only purchase crunchy peanut butter. JIF Natural Creamy was out of stock, so I went with the store brand (which is the oil on top, you gotta stir it, kind).

I didn't take a picture of the "roll out the dough" step. Or the "spread the peanut butter" step because I forgot.

I was surprised to discover that I didn't have a round cookie cutter, but I found a shot glass that worked pretty well.

I really tried to keep them as close together as possible, so I could get as many cookies as possible.

I didn't do the thing with the forks. I tried, but it "popped" the seal on the cookies and I didn't want the peanut butter to melt all over the cookie sheet (and therefore, no longer be inside the cookies). I also couldn't get a good set of fork marks (maybe my dough wasn't thawed enough).

I did bake all of the little middle pieces. You can also see one of the cookies where the "seal" had been broken.

I was so excited to try these!

Peanut Butter Lava Cookies

1 box of refrigerated pie crust (if you freeze yours like I do, make sure it is thawed completely)
Approx. 2 c of creamy peanut butter (I used Meijer Naturals creamy)
1/2 c sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Unroll the pie crust and spread an even layer of peanut butter on one, coming as close to the edge as possible.
3. Cover with the other pie crust.
4. Use a round cookie cutter to make round cookies approximately 3" in diameter.
5. Toss cookies in sugar and place on cookie sheet. My cookie sheets are non-stick, so I didn't put anything between them and the cookie sheets.
6. Bake for about 12 minutes or until golden and firm.
7. Once they have cooled, toss them in the sugar again.

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Review:

While mine didn't "lava" (and I even used the same kind of peanut butter the original post did), they were still delicious. And soooooooooo easy. So I will definitely be making these again.