Frosted Peanut Cookies Recipe

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Oats, chopped peanuts and peanut butter frosting make this a nice change of pace from a traditional peanut butter cookie. After folks sample these, compliments and recipe requests always follow.

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Frosted Peanut Cookies Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 30 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup quick-cooking oats
1 cup chopped salted peanuts
FROSTING:
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup milk

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in oats and peanuts.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.
In a large bowl, beat the frosting ingredients until smooth. Frost cookies. Yield: 5 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 2 cookies equals 244 calories, 11 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 138 mg sodium, 33 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Frosted Peanut Cookies in Best of Country Cookies , p42

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Reviewed on May. 21, 2010 by RenaeR

I made this recipe a while back, and although it is good, I find that it was not extraordinary, and although I would recommend it to others to try because they may enjoy it more than my family did, it did not really appeal to my personal tastes.