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Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies
It's Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter time!! These Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies are packed with peanut butter flavor and have a melt-in-your-mouth texture.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 22 cookies
Calories: 395 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Filling
- 1 1/2 C creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 C powdered sugar
Peanut Butter Cookies
- 1 C sugar
- 1 C light brown sugar - packed
- 1 C creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 C shortening
- 1/2 C butter - unsalted
- 2 large large eggs
- 2 1/4 C flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 C sugar - to roll the cookie dough in
Instructions
Peanut Butter Filling
- Using a medium bowl and a whisk or a hand beater, mix the peanut butter and powdered sugar until combined and smooth like dough
- Use a small ice cream scoop and scoop some filling into the palm of your hands
- Roll into a ball and place onto a small tray or plate
- Place into freezer while you make the dough
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Peanut Butter Cookies
- Pour the 1 C of sugar into a medium-size bowl
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Using a standing mixer, beat together the sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter, and eggs until combined and smooth
- Using a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, kosher salt until combined
- Gradually beat in the dry ingredients into the wet until a dough forms
- Using the large ice cream scooper, scoop out some dough into the palm of your hand
- Make an indent in the center of the dough with your thumb and gently stretch the indent to make it wider
- Remove the peanut butter filling from the freezer and place a filling into the center of the indent
- Pull dough over the filling and mold into a smooth ball of dough
- Roll the cookie dough ball in the sugar
- Place onto the cookie sheet and place into the oven and bake for 13-15 minutes or until a light golden brown
- Allow cookies to cool before moving and enjoying with a LARGE glass of milk!
Nutrition Information
Calories
395kcal
(20%)
Carbohydrates
39g
(13%)
Protein
9g
(18%)
Fat
24g
(37%)
Saturated Fat
7g
(35%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
5g
Monounsaturated Fat
11g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
28mg
(9%)
Sodium
264mg
(11%)
Potassium
218mg
(6%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
26g
(52%)
Vitamin A
153IU
(3%)
Calcium
36mg
(4%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 22cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 395
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 395kcal | 20% |
| Carbohydrates | 39g | 13% |
| Protein | 9g | 18% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 28mg | 9% |
| Sodium | 264mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 218mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 26g | 52% |
| Vitamin A | 153IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 36mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.