Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

I wanted to make some sort of peanut butter cookies for our beer pong finals. I think the saltiness of the peanut butter goes really well with beer 🙂 The cookies themselves actually have no peanut butter in them, but the filling does so it fits the bill. I made a double batch and got 2.5 dozen cookie sandwiches.

Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies – from Fresh from Cate’s Kitchen
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup quick oats
1 cup light brown sugar
1 stick butter, softened
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla

Whisk together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and oats in a medium bowl.

In a separate bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until fluffy.

Beat in vanilla and egg, then stir in dry ingredients until just combined.

Roll about 2 tsp of dough into a ball, then flatten and press onto a Silpat-lined baking sheet.

Repeat with remaining dough.

Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes (closer to 8 for softer cookies, closer to 12 for crisper cookies).

Cool on a wire rack.

Filling3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/4 cup butter, softened
2 tbsp half and half – I used goat’s milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Beat all ingredients together in the bowl of an electric mixer until smooth.

When cookies are cool, pipe or spread frosting on one and press another on top to make a sandwich.

Note – My frosting was very thick so I ended up double the amount of liquid by adding more milk. You will have some extra frosting. But it’s amazing so no big deal there.

Cookies, Dessert

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14 Responses to “12 Days of Cookies – Chocolate Peppermint Meringue Kisses”

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Katie — December 22, 2008 at 7:13 pm

These are absolutely GORGEOUS! I’ve never seen a treat so perfect! So impressed!!
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Joelen — December 22, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Beautiful job! I love the addition of chocolate and peppermint on the bottom for additional texture!
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Amy Kingman — December 22, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Oh my goodness those are so pretty!
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~Amber~ — December 23, 2008 at 1:33 am

OMG these are adorable!! Great job.
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Tiffany and Ganesh — December 23, 2008 at 1:52 am

wow, these are so pretty and look delish!
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Scott W. — December 23, 2008 at 2:36 am

how great are these! you can’t buy something that looks so nice.
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Jen — December 23, 2008 at 2:50 am

Thanks everyone. I’m pretty happy with how they turned out. Everyone loved them.
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Hallie Fae — December 23, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Wow, I’m impressed. Those look great. What did you do with over 100 meringues?? 🙂
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Jen — December 23, 2008 at 7:01 pm

Hallie – I took half to a holiday potluck and the other have came to my in-laws with us for Christmas. They’re going on the cookie tray. The good thing is they keep well and go fast! And Hubby loves them so I have a hard time keeping his hand out of the bag of these guys.
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Steph — December 30, 2008 at 11:39 pm

These are beautiful!
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Ali — November 15, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Hi, these look great and I want to try them as gifts this year. Thanks! One question, how do you “paint” the red coloring into the bag?
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Jen — November 15, 2009 at 9:45 pm

Ali,

Using a small paint brush, I dipped it into the food coloring and painted stripes on the inside of the pastry bag prior to filling it with the meringue.
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cindy6174 — January 3, 2010 at 10:11 pm

These as well as your Raspberry Meringue Cookies look wonderful. I wish I had come upon these before the holidays as they would have made a great addition to my cookie plate!
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Cornelius the Pig — December 22, 2010 at 6:03 am

i realize these were posted 2 years ago… but i just found them and they look wonderful! so pretty!