Gina's Chocolate Chip Cookie Surprise

Ingredients

• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 
• 1.7 cups confectioners' sugar 
• 1.5 cups creamy peanut butter 
• 1 cup brown sugar dark
• 2  eggs 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 cup granulated sugar 
• 1.5 cups semisweet chocolate morsel chips mini
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 2 sticks butter unsalted softened room temperature
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• whisk
• mixing bowl
• stand mixer
• spatula

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Add butter and both sugars to a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Cream until light and fluffy.
3. While the butter is creaming, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and the salt in a medium-sized bowl.
4. Add the eggs, and the vanilla to the butter and sugar mixture. Once the eggs and vanilla are added and smooth, add the dry ingredients in 1/2 cup increments until just incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the mixing bowl with a rubber spatula, making sure everything is mixed together evenly. Stir in the chocolate chips.
5. Drop heaping tablespoons of cookie batter onto 2 sheet trays lined with parchment, leaving about 2-inches of space between each cookie.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 13 to 15 minutes.
7. Remove and let cool completely on the cookie sheets.
8. In a large mixing bowl, beat the peanut butter until smooth.
9. Add butter and continue beating until thoroughly mixed and smooth.
10. Add the confectioners' sugar in 1/2 cup increments and mix until combined.
11. Spread a heaping tablespoon of frosting onto the flat side of a cookie. Top with another cookie. Repeat with remaining cookies and filling. Arrange on serving dish and serve.