Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

Sackville's Note:

These are the ultimate rich peanut butter cookie. Definitely not for every day, but great when you want a special treat, maybe for a child's birthday party or a potluck.

• Total Time: 38 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 10

Yield: 4.0 dozen f ...

• 1 cup shortening or 1 cup butter
• 1 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ¼ teaspoon salt

FILLING

• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 cups icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 -6 teaspoons milk

Directions:

1. Cream together shortening, peanut butter and sugars.
2. Add vanilla.
3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
4. Mix together flour, baking soda and salt.
5. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture.
6. Shape into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased baking sheets.
7. Flatten slightly with a fork.
8. Bake at 375 F for about 8 minutes until golden. When you take them out, they will be a bit soft but leave them on the sheet for a couple minutes and they will continue to cook.
9. Remove from the sheet and cool on wire racks.
10. Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, beat filling ingredients until smooth.
11. Spread on one half of cool cookies and top each with another cookie.

Reviews

[Sharlene~W]

These were great! A classic peanut butter cookie without the filling and an extra special touch with. I used a cookie scoop (like an ice cream scoop but a bit smaller) to make a uniform size/shape for the sandwich halves.

[Izzy Knight]

These cookies are dynamites! More on the crispy side, but delicious treats!

[Chef Nicoise]

Awesome! I used the butter, shortening is very disgusting to me. They were soft, lots of flavor (not just sweet) and the batch made a ton of cookies. I didn't fill them because I was making them for a church work day and was afraid they would melt in the heat. But they are GREAT PB cookies to say the least and we make a lot of em around here.