Graham Cracker Cookies Recipe

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From Freeport, Illinois, Lois McKnight sends these sweet sandwich cookies. "My brother and I enjoyed these peanut butter treats when we were young," she recalls. "I made these cookies for my children, and now I make them for my grandchildren."

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Graham Cracker Cookies Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 30 Servings

20 10 30

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups sugar
6 tablespoons butter, cubed
1/3 cup evaporated milk
1 cup marshmallow creme
3/4 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup chopped salted peanuts, optional
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 package (14.4 ounces) graham crackers

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, butter and milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Cook 4-5 minutes longer or until thickened and bubbly. Remove from the heat; stir in the marshmallow creme, peanut butter, and peanuts if desired and vanilla.
Break the graham crackers in half. Spread about 2 tablespoons filling on the bottoms of half of the crackers; top with remaining crackers. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 177 calories, 8 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 7 mg cholesterol, 149 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Graham Cracker Cookies in Quick Cooking January/February 2005, p39