Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies Recipe

Reviewed on May. 15, 2013 by wasoongu

I made two batches of these cookies -- one with butter and one with butter-flavored shortening. Shortening gives the cookies a softer, chewier texture and allows them to hold a nice shape. But as far as flavor, butter wins all the way. If you chill the dough before baking them, you can keep butter-based cookies from spreading or becoming too crunchy (providing you don't overbake!).

Reviewed on Jan. 11, 2013 by mom-in-michigan

obscenely sweet - my kids didn't even finish ONE. I guess if you like super sweet stuff, they would be good - but I actually had to make scrambled eggs with salt just to get the sugar taste out of my mouth. Even after brushing.

Reviewed on Jan. 01, 2013 by jeanemed

Only peanut butter cookie recipe I've ever like. They are so good!

Reviewed on Dec. 05, 2012 by Rikku

My mom made these for us and they were incredible! Now we have them all the time!

Reviewed on Sep. 03, 2012 by delowenstein

I am going to try this recipe! These cookies look delicious!

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.

Reviewed on Nov. 12, 2010 by Wendy0015

OMG This is the best peanut butter cookie I've ever had! I made it without the frosting, it didn't need it! This is the perfect cookie!

Reviewed on Oct. 19, 2010 by lsal86

Can you use regular shortening? Thats all I have in the pantry

Reviewed on Oct. 09, 2010 by Melissa2189

Just made these for my boyfriend and he loves them. Very good recipe. I will definitely make these again!

Reviewed on Sep. 23, 2010 by Danipooh02

Ok, I'm personally not a big peanut butter fan, but these are delicious! The cookie alone is very tasty, but you add the filling and shazam! I made this w/ crunchy peanut butter and added extra chopped peanuts because we like the consistency much better. Trust me, these are GREAT!

Reviewed on Jun. 13, 2010 by kimheath

I just made the cookies without the filling and they are excellent! Everytime I go put the next batch in, the one I just took out is gone!

Reviewed on May. 24, 2010 by kmu021

I make these a lot! Everyone just LOVES them!

Reviewed on May. 22, 2010 by baker1950

This is an excellent peanut butter cookie...if you love peanut butter, you will love these! I added peanutbutter extract to the dough and the frosting...Yum!

Reviewed on Apr. 20, 2010 by ohiocook

I skipped the filling and these were still amazing. This is going to be my go-to peanut butter cookie recipe from now on. They'd be delicious with some strawberry jam!

Reviewed on Mar. 05, 2010 by pwa

These are the best! They, also, travel well and are good for mailing to loved ones far away.

Reviewed on Jan. 20, 2010 by msdosty1941

Husband has to have his cookies! He loved them & say's to make them so we don't run out!

Reviewed on Jan. 20, 2010 by orphanlady

This recipe is in my "keeper" section and I make them not only at Christmas, but for our small group, and friends who specifically request this cookie. It is PERFECT as written and doesn't need alterations. Thanks for submitting it!

Reviewed on Jan. 19, 2010 by stone481064

First, these are exellent. Can't go wrong with peanut butter in my book.

Second, in reference to the person from Austrailia, it is vegetable shortening, such as Crisco, that is butter flavored.

Reviewed on Jan. 19, 2010 by mamacubed

Very good! Everybody loved them. I added a thin layer of grape jam (you could use your favorite) along with the peanut butter filling and that was excellent also.

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2009 by tamellaf

I just made the peanut butter cookies without sandwiching them with frosting and added a 12 oz bag of white chocolate chips! They were excellent!

Reviewed on Dec. 07, 2009 by mnlorraine

can butter be used instead of butter-flavoured shorting

Reviewed on Oct. 17, 2009 by therats666

These are by far the best peanut butter cookies they taste like home made nutter butter Cookies .You cant eat just one.

Reviewed on Sep. 17, 2009 by paddy74

I haven't tried these yet.I am from Australia,what is butter flavored shortening please?

Reviewed on Jul. 18, 2009 by lorispencer

its so good!!! this is my favorite peanut butter cookie things!!!! you will love it!

Reviewed on May. 19, 2009 by bergadine

This ookie is my fav of them all! Try drizzling a small amount of chocolate on top of each cookie .....oh, so yummy!

Reviewed on Mar. 08, 2009 by liliammatteo

These cookies are AMAZING! If you taste the filling alone it's too sweet but in the cookie it's perfect!

Reviewed on Aug. 13, 2008 by kposton

Very good. The icing makes these cookies an extra special treat.