Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies*

By srumbel

These soft, bite-size peanut butter cookies have a peanut filling inside.
from tastesoflizzyt.com

Ingredients

• Filling:
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5-6 tablespoons milk

Preparation

Step 1

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and sugars. Add vanilla and mix. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to mixture in mixing bowl and mix until well combined.
Shape the dough into 1 inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten the balls with a fork.
Bake the cookies at 375 degrees for 5-6 minutes. Do not overbake! Remove the pan from the oven and leave the cookies on the cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes. The cookies will continue to absorb heat from the cookie sheet. After this, move the cookies to wire racks to cool.
In a mixing bowl, cream the ingredients for the filling together until well combined. Spread the filling on half of the cookies and top each one with another cookie.

Serves: 5 dozen