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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 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!

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