Fluffy Peanut Butter Cookies
"These are the ultimate rich peanut butter cookie. Definitely not for every day, but great when you want a special treat, maybe for a child's birthday party or a potluck."
photo by Trail Girl
- Ready In:
- 38mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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4 dozen filled cookies
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- 1 cup shortening or 1 cup butter
- 1 cup peanut butter (creamy or crunchy)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
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FILLING
- 1⁄2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 5 -6 teaspoons milk
directions
- Cream together shortening, peanut butter and sugars.
- Add vanilla.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one.
- Mix together flour, baking soda and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture.
- Shape into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased baking sheets.
- Flatten slightly with a fork.
- Bake at 375 F for about 8 minutes until golden. When you take them out, they will be a bit soft but leave them on the sheet for a couple minutes and they will continue to cook.
- Remove from the sheet and cool on wire racks.
- Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, beat filling ingredients until smooth.
- Spread on one half of cool cookies and top each with another cookie.
Questions & Replies
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Unsalted or salted butter? -
Do you use powdered sugar or or just regular sugar
Reviews
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These were great! A classic peanut butter cookie without the filling and an extra special touch with. I used a cookie scoop (like an ice cream scoop but a bit smaller) to make a uniform size/shape for the sandwich halves. -
These cookies are dynamites! More on the crispy side, but delicious treats! -
Perfect! Never had peanut butter cookies come out soft! Awesome!
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Thanks for sharing this recipe. I made them as Christmas gifts for the guys and gave them to them tonight. My nephew just texted me and said they are awesome. Merry Christmas
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I made these cookies a couple of weeks ago and sent them with my husband for a week-long Jeep trip he was taking with 7 other men and their Jeeps on the Rubicon Trail. He told me the cookies were a HUGE hit and the guys talked about them for days. They absolutely loved them. I made the cookies themselves as shown in the recipe, only adding the large crystal decorators sugar to half the cookies before baking. I used these for the tops of the "sandwiches". I had a batch of buttercream frosting already made to frost cupcakes, so I added peanut butter to the buttercream frosting and used this to fill the cookies. I will definitely be making these again and again!
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