Peanut Butter Yo Yo's
photo by deborahlee555
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
32
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup shortening, room temp
- 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
- 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1 1⁄4 cups flour (see note below)
- 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup jelly or 1/2 cup jam, for filling (see description for suggestions)
directions
- In a bowl, add the shortening, butter or margarine, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and egg, and mix thoroughly.
- Blend in well all the remaining ingredients, except the jam.
- Cover and chill at least 6 hours, or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 375; lightly grease baking sheets.
- Shape the dough into 3/4" balls and place about 2" apart on a the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for about 10 minutes, or until set but not hard.
- Remove from oven, let sit for about a minute, then remove to a rack to cool.
- When cool, put the cookies together in pairs with the jelly to make sandwich cookies.
- Makes about 4 1/2 dozen cookies.
- NOTE: If using self-rising flour, omit the baking soda, baking powder& salt.
- Make about 64 cookies, or 32 sandwich cookies.
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I enjoying cooking, baking and experimenting with new, ethnic, and out-of-the-ordinary recipes. I live in Pennsylvania with my crazy cat, Da Fuzz (aka Demoncat), who is spoiled beyond human comprehension.