Homemade Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
Peanut shaped peanut butter cookies sandwiched with peanut butter filling. If you like peanut butter you'll LOVE our homemade peanut butter sandwich cookies.
Servings 12 cookie sandwiches
Calories 400kcal
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 egg
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- sea salt optional
Filling
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 Tbsp. honey
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Mix sugars with peanut butter, butter and egg until smooth and creamy. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Mix thoroughly.
- Scoop cookie dough onto an uncreased baking sheet using a medium cookie scoop.
- Cut each cookie dough ball in half. Roll each half into a small ball.
- Place two cookie dough balls together then press down with your fingers to flatten into a peanut shape.
- Make criss cross patterns on each cookie using a fork. Sprinkle each cookie with a small amount of sea salt (optional).
- Bake at 375 degrees for 8-9 minutes (edges should be slightly golden). Let cookies cool completely.
- Mix peanut butter, honey and powdered sugar together. Spoon into a plastic baggie and cut off the corner of the bag. Pipe onto cookies then add a second cookie to create a sandwich.
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Notes
One recipe makes 24 cookies which will yield 12 peanut butter cookie sandwiches. The filling is more of a peanut butter consistency vs. a frosting consistency like most cookie sandwiches.
Nutrition
Calories: 400kcal