Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teáspoon báking sodá
- 1/4 teáspoon kosher sált
- 1/2 cup unsálted sweet creám butter softened
- 1 cup light brown sugár
- 1 cup smooth peánut butter
- 1 lárge egg
- 1/2 teáspoon pure vánillá extráct
- 1/2 cup sugár to roll the dough in
Peánut Butter Filling:
- 1/4 cup unsálted sweet creám butter softened
- 1/2 cup smooth peánut butter
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugár
- 2 Táblespoons whole milk
- 1/4 teáspoon pure vánillá extráct
Instructions
To máke the cookies:
- Preheát oven to 350°F ánd line á cookie sheet with párchment páper or silicone báking mát. Pour 1/2 cup of sugár into á smáll bowl ánd set áside.
- Whisk together flour, báking sodá, ánd sált in á mixing bowl ánd set áside.
- Using á stánding mixer or electric hánd mixer, creám together butter, brown sugár ánd peánut butter.
- Ádd the egg ánd vánillá ánd continue mixing.
- Gráduálly pour bowl of dry ingredients into the wet ingredients ánd mix just until combined.
- Divide dough into smáll bálls, ábout 1 inch in diámeter eách.
- Form eách báll into á log shápe, then roll in sugár.
- Pláce logs on cookie sheet ábout 2 inches ápárt.
- Using the tines of á fork, máke á criss-cross páttern in your dough logs, then pinch the middle of the cookie to máke á peánut shápe.
- Báke 10-12 minutes, until lightly browned on the edges, but still soft in center.
- Állow cookies to cool on báking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to á wire ráck to cool completely.
To máke the peánut butter filling.
- Using á stánding mixer, beát butter on medium speed until fluffy.
- Mix in peánut butter, 1 cup powdered sugár, milk ánd vánillá extráct.
- Gráduálly mix in the remáining powdered sugár until smooth.
- Group your báked cookies into páirs, then spoon 1 Táblespoon of filling on the bottom cookie for eách páir.
- Pláce á second cookie onto the top of the filling to creáte á sándwich.
