Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies
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4.9
Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies
Description
The cookies are made by combining flour, baking soda, and salt, then creaming softened butter, brown sugar, and peanut butter. Egg and vanilla are incorporated before blending in the dry ingredients. The dough is formed into small logs, rolled in granulated sugar, and stamped with a crosshatch pattern using a fork to achieve a peanut shape. They bake until lightly browned on edges but remain soft centrally.
The peanut butter filling pairs softened butter, peanut butter, powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla, mixing to a creamy consistency used to sandwich cooled cookies. This combination offers the classic Nutter Butter flavor at home without prepackaged ingredients.
These cookies provide a chewy yet structured bite with a sweet peanut butter taste, well balanced between the cookie and filling.
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup butter softened, unsalted, sweet cream
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter smooth
- 1 egg large
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract pure
- 1/2 cup sugar to roll the dough in
Peanut Butter Filling:
- 1/4 cup butter softened, unsalted, sweet cream
- 1/2 cup peanut butter smooth
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons milk whole
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract pure
Instructions
To make the cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat. Pour 1/2 cup of sugar into a small bowl and set aside.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl and set aside.
- Using a standing mixer or electric hand mixer, cream together butter, brown sugar and peanut butter.
- Add the egg and vanilla and continue mixing.
- Gradually pour bowl of dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix just until combined.
- Divide dough into small balls, about 1 inch in diameter each.
- Form each ball into a log shape, then roll in sugar.
- Place logs on cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Using the tines of a fork, make a criss-cross pattern in your dough logs, then pinch the middle of the cookie to make a peanut shape.
- Bake 10-12 minutes, until lightly browned on the edges, but still soft in center.
- Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
To make the peanut butter filling.
- Using a standing mixer, beat butter on medium speed until fluffy.
- Mix in peanut butter, 1 cup powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract.
- Gradually mix in the remaining powdered sugar until smooth.
- Group your baked cookies into pairs, then spoon 1 Tablespoon of filling on the bottom cookie for each pair.
- Place a second cookie onto the top of the filling to create a sandwich.
Notes
- Nutrition information provided is an estimate and can vary depending on specific ingredient brands and measurements.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 230 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 230kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 28g | 9% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 11g | 17% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 22mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 213mg | 9% |
| Potassium | 132mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 17g | 34% |
| Vitamin A | 185IU | 4% |
| Calcium | 19mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.8mg | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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4.9
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