Cookies, Peanut Butter Sandwich

By moddie2bert

Ingredients

• For the cookie dough:
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup granulated sugar (plus extra for topping)
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• For the filling:
• 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Details

Servings 30

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
For the cookie dough ~ In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. In a large bowl, with an electric mixer at high speed, beat butter, peanut butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla, then gently fold in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Roll a rounded tablespoon of dough between your hands to make a ball, then place it on the prepared baking sheets. Repeat until cookie dough is all used up. Dip a fork in some additional granulated sugar and press each dough ball to make a crisscross pattern. Bake for 14 minutes or until lightly brown around the edges. Set the baking sheets on wire racks and cool 5 minutes before transferring cookies directly onto the wire racks to cool completely.
For the filling ~ In a medium bowl beat all filling ingredients together until creamy. Spread 1 tablespoon of the filling onto the flat side of 1 cookie and press the flat side of a second cookie onto the filling, creating a cookie sandwich.