Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
photo by Nif_H
- Ready In:
- 34mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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30 sandwich cookies
- Serves:
- 30
ingredients
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FOR THE COOKIE DOUGH
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar (plus extra for topping)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
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FOR THE FILLING
- 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F & line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper for even browning & to guard against burning.
- FOR THE COOKIE DOUGH ~ In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda & salt.
- In a large bowl, & with an electric mixer at high speed, beat butter, peanut butter & both sugars until light & fluffy.
- Beat in eggs & vanilla, then gently fold in the flour mixture until just incorporated.
- Roll a rounded tablespoon of dough between your hands to make a ball, then place it on the prepared baking sheets. Repeat until cookie dough is all used up.
- Dip a fork in some additional granulated sugar & press each dough ball to make a crisscross pattern.
- Bake for 14 minutes or until lightly brown around the edges.
- Set the baking sheets on wire racks & cool 5 minutes before transferring cookies directly onto the wire racks to cool completely.
- FOR THE FILLING ~ In a medium bowl beat all filling ingredients together until creamy.
- Spread 1 tablespoon of the filling onto the flat side of 1 cookie & press the flat side of a 2nd cookie onto the filling, creating a cookie sandwich. Repeat until sandwich cookies are completed!
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Reviews
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I am going to rate this 5 stars because I didn't care for the filling but I didn't follow the recipe. I used cream cheese, butter, p-nut butter and powdered sugar but I tripled the recipe by eyeballing the amounts but didn't care for the cream cheese taste. I have used just butter, p-nut butter, vanilla and powdered sugar before for frosting and liked that much better. Having said all that, the cookies were great! I subbed dark brown sugar for the brown sugar. Will make again maybe with a strawberry or grape filling.
Tweaks
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I am going to rate this 5 stars because I didn't care for the filling but I didn't follow the recipe. I used cream cheese, butter, p-nut butter and powdered sugar but I tripled the recipe by eyeballing the amounts but didn't care for the cream cheese taste. I have used just butter, p-nut butter, vanilla and powdered sugar before for frosting and liked that much better. Having said all that, the cookies were great! I subbed dark brown sugar for the brown sugar. Will make again maybe with a strawberry or grape filling.