How to Make Homemade Tagalongs

Tagalongs are a cookie made by the Girl Scouts of America and sold once a year during the annual Girl Scout cookie fundraiser. The cookies are made by topping a semi-sweet sugar cookie with peanut butter and covering the entire cookie with chocolate. Tagalongs are so delicious that once a year may not be enough for you. Luckily, tagalongs are an easy homemade cookie. The process is time consuming as there are several steps but very simple. You'll be left with plenty of tasty tagalongs.

Things You'll Need

• Unsalted butter
• Sugar
• Egg
• Vanilla
• Salt
• Flour
• Bowl
• Spoon
• Parchment paper
• Baking sheets
• Cooling rack
• Peanut butter; smooth
• Powdered sugar
• Bowl
• Spoon
• Butter knife
• Chocolate chips
• Microwave safe bowl

Instructions

1. Mix 1 cup butter and 1 cup sugar until creamy. Add 1 egg, 1 tbsp. vanilla and 1/2 tsp. salt and stir well.

2. Slowly add in 2 3/4 cups of flour and mix thoroughly.

3. Roll the dough into a 2-inch thick tube. If you want bigger cookies, you can make it 3 inches in diameter.

4. Wrap in parchment paper and freeze for 30 minutes to chill.

5. Remove the dough from the freezer and slice into circles. The circles should be about 1/8 inch thick.

6. Set on baking sheets and bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Let the cookies cool on racks while you mix the peanut butter filling.

7. Mix 1 cup smooth peanut butter and 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar together in a bowl.

8. Spread a small amount of peanut butter mixture onto each cookie with a butter knife. You want the peanut butter to be about 1/8 inch thick and don't spread it all the way to the edge of the cookie.

9. Put 4 cups chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and heat in the microwave for one minute. Stir the chocolate well. Return them to the microwave for another minute and then stir again. Keep repeating this process until the chocolate is fully melted.

10. Dip each cookie in the chocolate, fully coating all sides of the cookie and peanut butter.

11. Set each cookie on parchment paper to cool. Put the cookies in the freezer to harden faster. Once the cookies have set, they are ready to eat.