Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
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Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
Description
Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies are made from a dough rich with peanut butter, sugars, butter, and flour, resulting in soft, puffy cookies with a tender crumb. The baking soda and powder provide gentle leavening, yielding a slightly raised cookie with a pleasant texture. After baking, the cookies are cool enough to spread a homemade peanut butter filling that is sweet and creamy, binding two cookies into one satisfying sandwich.
The filling combines creamy peanut butter with powdered sugar and a hint of vanilla, adjusted with milk for spreadability. The contrast between the soft cookies and smooth filling creates a layered peanut butter experience. Rolling the dough balls in sugar before baking adds a subtle crisp exterior.
These sandwich cookies are best served fully cooled so the filling sets well, making them convenient for lunches, snacks, or casual desserts. Their peanut butter focus offers a classic sweet and salty balance that pairs well with cold milk or coffee.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar plus more for rolling cookies
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup peanut butter creamy
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
for the peanut butter filling
- 6 tbsp peanut butter creamy
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 Tbsp milk or cream, plus a little more if needed
- salt pinch
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F, and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer, or with electric beaters, cream together the sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, softened butter, and egg until smooth.
- Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, and fold together until there are no streaks of flour left.
- Scoop the dough into 1 tablespoon-sized balls, and roll in sugar. Place on the prepared baking sheet, leaving 2 inches of space between all the cookies.
- Bake for 8 minutes. The cookies will still look fairly pale and be puffy. Allow to cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a cooling rack to fully cool.
- While the cookies are cooling, make the filling by adding all of the filling ingredients to a bowl and mixing together with the back of a fork (you can also use a stand mixer for this if you prefer) until creamy and smooth.
- To assemble the cookies, place a generous amount of the filling onto the back of one peanut butter cookie (about 1 tablespoon), and then sandwich with a second cookie, pressing lighting together.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 195 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 195kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 27g | 9% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 17mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 141mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 91mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 19g | 38% |
| Vitamin A | 132IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 18mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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