Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies Recipe

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I'm a busy mother of two young children. I work in our school office and help my husband on our hog and cattle farm. When I find time to bake a treat, I like it to be special. The creamy filling gives traditional peanut butter cookies a new twist. -Debbie Kokes, Tabor, South Dakota

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Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 44 Servings
20 10 30

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter-flavored shortening
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • FILLING:
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 5 to 6 tablespoons milk

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream the shortening, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and mix well.
  • Shape into 1-in. balls and place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten to 3/8-in. thickness with fork. Bake at 375° for 7-8 minutes or until golden. Remove to wire racks to cool.
  • For filling, in a large bowl, beat the peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Spread on half of the cookies and top each with another cookie. Yield: 44 sandwich cookies.

Originally published as Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies in Taste of Home October/November 1995, p27

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Reviewed on Apr. 04, 2012 by Cookiemaster13

What a great recipe. I had to fend off my husband and kids while the cookies cooled on the baker's rack. My husband did mention after I sandwiched them together that they tasted great plain, all on their own. This is definately my new plain peanut butter cookie recipe.


Reviewed on Feb. 07, 2012 by Jusa

Kids loved them!


Reviewed on Jan. 29, 2012 by carce

just made these cookies for my husband to welcome him home from hunting camp and they are awesome. i did not have butter-flavored shortening so i just used 1/2 shorting and 1/2 butter. there were a little lighter than the picture. but still great..


Reviewed on Aug. 14, 2011 by allaboutcookies86

I was in the mood for peanut butter cookies and wanted to try something different and I believe I have discovered my favorite peanut butter cookie recipe. These are SOOO good! The only complaint I have is for some reason mine didn't come out the size they show in the picture they turned out HUGE and flat. I didn't make huge cookie dough balls either. They are a little hard, but still taste GREAT with the frosting and as others said they are perfect by themselves. I debated whether not to make the frosting, but I wanted to see how good the recipe is when you do it up all the way. The frosting REALLY adds a lot lot too them. I may use the frosting to make some regular chocolate chip cookie sandwhiches with a hint of peanut butter flavor! There are so many ways you can alter this recipe. I look forward to playing with it. Next time I want to make them fancier and drizzle some chocolate on top. Thank you for the GREAT recipe I know it will be one I go to again and again!


Reviewed on Jul. 28, 2011 by htempleton

Amazing cookies, simply one of my favorites! I saw someone ask if you can use butter instead of shortening: YES!! It turns out even better, in my opinion, as I am not one to like the smell or flavor of shortening. Butter worked perfect and made the cookies all the more incredible!


Reviewed on Jul. 15, 2011 by Peanutfantasy

AWSOME!!!! AWSOME!!!


Reviewed on May. 04, 2011 by kimpossible07

These are my one of my husband's absolute favorite cookie. He asks for them all the time!


Reviewed on Apr. 14, 2011 by Elizabeth0085

These cookies are my go-to for Peanut Butter cookies. The recipe makes a lot! So sometimes I make just half. Great Recipe!


Reviewed on Feb. 21, 2011 by mamasquish

This is a very good recipe and as another writer said, the cookies are good enough without the icing!

I did make the icing and it is delicious but I found 5 tablespoons of milk to be a little much and made the icing a little thinner than desired so I added a touch more sugar and thickened it to the consistency I wanted.

Someone else asked if regular shortening would work...that is what I used and the cookies are yummy!

My absolute favorite thing about this recipe is if you exclude the icing, it is dairy free which means my dairy allergy daughter can enjoy it as well. I considered making the icing with soy but since this was my first run I went with the milk.

Happy baking!


Reviewed on Feb. 19, 2011 by Daisy Dew

Very good!!! Did them just as the recipe called for. My only complaint is I ran out of frosting! :) (Must have put too much on some of them.) Also did some with grape jelly as some suggested and my husband loved them! I'm sure it would be just as good if you used regular shortning. I have done that in some recipes before and it turned out just as well.

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