Who's ready for COOKIES?!!First of all, thanks for being excited about our light n' healthy month this past month. I can't tell you how much it helped me to not have to feel pressured to post goodies. Thanks to healthy eating (I eliminated refined carbs and simple sugars from my diet all month) and a heck of a lot of exercise, I dropped 15lbs this month! Hopefully I can keep it up and still sneak in some yummies from now on :)
I had a soup ready to post today that I've been dying to share for months now, but somehow I felt like we'd have hoards of disappointed readers if February rolled around and there wasn't something calorie-laden appearing on the first day. So here you go! And I hope you all really love me because I totally fell off the wagon making these for ya!
I got this idea (and the cookie part of the recipe) from my friend Tiffanie and then reworked the filling to my tastes. These are sinfully delicious. And be warned: they have some magical power that makes you almost magnetically attracted to them. Watch out nutter-butters, these things are good!
Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
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1 C butter flavored Crisco
1 C creamy peanut butter (preferably the kind without salmonella)
1 C sugar
1 C packed brown sugar
1 t vanilla
3 eggs
3 C flour
2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
filling:
1 C creamy peanut butter
1/2 c real butter, softened
4 C powdered sugar
2 t vanilla
5-6 T milk
For the cookies:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cream shortening, peanut butter, and sugars together until light and fluffy (about 2 minutes). Add in vanilla, and eggs one at a time. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt and add to dough. Mix to combine. The dough will be very soft- that's normal!
You know the drill. Roll into balls, roll in sugar, place on cookie sheet (no need to grease it) and do the little forky criss-cross thing.
Now, not only are these cookies doubly sweet because they're sandwiched, but the dough spreads, so make your balls small. I use a regular size 40 cookie scoop and I separate each scoop of dough in half to form 2 cookies, and they're still pretty good sized. A mini scoop is perfect.
And can I just say how much I love this bright red cookie sheet? I love it. It makes me happy and for some reason I think it looks especially cute with PB cookies on it. I don't care that it's from the WS kids line and designed for a 4 year old. Apparently adults are easily amused too.
Okay, so pop the cookies into the oven and bake for 6-7 minutes. You want them to say super soft, so don't let them get brown. In my oven, and for the size of cookies I do, 6 minutes exactly is perfect. Remove them from pan and cool on a cooling rack.
To make the filling, whip the peanut butter and butter together until smooth. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Then add milk one T at a time. You may not need it all. You want the filling to be on the thick side, it should just have enough milk in it to make it easily spreadable. If you add too much milk (like a normal frosting consistancy) it might squish out of the cookies when you take a bite.
I put the filling in a piping bag, or a hefty zip-lock with the edge cut off to make filling easy. Place filling on one cookie and sandwich another on top. I designed the recipe to have enough filling to be generous :)
With the size I do, I get about 8 dozen cookies, which makes about 4 dozen sandwiches- plenty for a crowd!
Just a note: I think these are actually even better the 2nd day. The flavors mellow together and you get a cool sweet n' saltly thing going on. Plus, after they sit with the filling in them, the cookies get really soft. Mmmm...
Are you enjoying the nice pictures? I'll have you know that I made this entire batch start to finish without tasting even a teeny tiny crumb. And I thought I was weak...
Oh wait, then I took this picture (below) and noticed that lump of frosting on the right-hand side. hmmm...doesn't look quite right. I better wipe it off.
Crap. I'm wearing clean pants, can't wipe my finger on them. I couldn't hurt to lick it, right? Heck, I lost 15 pounds this month, I deserve to lick! Plus it has peanut butter in it. Peanut butter has protein. It's basically the same as eating a piece of turkey.
Mmmm, wow. That was good. You know what would be even better? A picture with a bite out of it. Too bad my son can't take a clean bite and my husband isn't around. I would have to be the one to take on this responsibility. One bite couldn't hurt. Surely I have the self control to stop after a bite. **Channeling my inner-Edward...**
Bite picture good. But maybe I should try another in case I can get a better bite angle for the photo. Gotta have options ya know.
I don't need to explain where this went, right? About 8 cookies later I wanted to hurl. But in a good way. Because these cookies are really, really good.
And it was totally worth it.
Nutritional Information:
hahahaha, ya right!
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Sara- these look yummy. I know I haven't commented- but I really have appreciated the healthy recipes this month, and I have incorporated a bunch into this month's menu! Thanx. Oh and thanx for taking one for the team and eating the cookie!
These look divine :)
You never disappoint! Love the running commentary on the pictures. Totally what I would have done.
These look so yummy! I definitely agree...you can't wipe your fingers on your pants... ;)
Yum! That last part of the post was soo funny! I just may have to try making these for FHE. Hmm.
These are super good, but you can't stop at just 5:)
Those look delicious! Must make....
Oh yum. Those look so good. Question, though: any chance they can be made with butter instead of shortening?
Lindsay,
I meant to comment on the butter thing. Everyone knows I'm usually a butter purist, but the only time I like to use shortening in cookies is when it's needed for texture. In this case, it keeps the cookies soft which is important when they're sandwiched. I'm sure they'd still be delish with butter (what isn't?!) , but they will probably spread out more and be thinner and a little crispier. If you try it, come back and tell me how it goes- I'd love to know!
I'm a PB fanatic. Can't wait to try these! {loved the Edward reference!}
Yum! These seriously have me drooling. All I have is crunchy PB, and I'm too scared to buy new stuff! lol. I am definitely going to try these- probably today :)
And ps- my word verification is PINKEYE. Nice visual! lol
These look yummy! We love peanut butter cookies here and nutter butters are the boys favorite store cookie. I will have to try these.
Good job with the diet! 15 lbs! I need to pick your brain. I only lost 5 lbs last month. Then again I did cheat.
Double yum. They look fabulous!!! I adore sandwich cookies!!
Congratulations on losing those 15lbs. Those peanut butter cookies look delicious.
as someone who is as baking challenged as myself I am tempted to try this recipe!
These look sooo good! Yum.
Oh, and I have sent a lot of traffic your way today via my blog. You're welcome! :)
Haha, Thanks Erin! Your story was so funny too.
Now I will return the favor and tell everyone to go read your blog: Everyone go read Erin's blog! She's a hilarious Mom who doesn't have to do anything but be herself and write about her life and hoards of people flock to read about it. Now that's talent! Love you Erin!
That was way too funny (channeling my inner Edward)!
I'm putting these on my "to make" list. Thanks for the smiles.
Mmmm, I'm definitely making these! I always say the same about PB - it's full of protein, right!? And, you totally had me laughing at the end (channeling Edward!). It's a good thing you two aren't boring chefs! Keeps us all entertained while we drool over the recipes!
Scrumptious !!
Thanks for your comment on my blog anyway..
Those look so yummy! Oh, and I for one wouldn't feel bad if you kept posting healthy recipes. Some of us are still working on the 15 pounds. ;)
Oh Sara these were fabulous!!! Unfortunately my kids didn't allow me to hoard, I had to be a good mommy and share :(
Ooooh I will be making these (gluten-free) very soon!!!!!
love nutter butters! excited to make these! how did you lose 20 lbs in a month?
Those look gut-bustingly delicious!
Oh and MY word verification is bringst. Bringst those cookies hither to me!
Jodi- I only lost 15. That's already a lot, but 20 would be a little crazy! I think that would have to involve drugs or starvation or both, lol.
I did it with a combo of diet and exercise. With my diet I did South Beach, which involves cutting out bad carbs and replacing them with good carbs and generally eating foods low on the glycemic index. Then I exercised a lot. I did 30-60 minutes of cardio a day (6 days a week) and weight-training about 3 times a week.
Weight comes off pretty fast at first with low-glycemic eating so that's why I had a big number last month. Now that I've added more things back into my diet (like pb cookies, haha) my weight-loss is at a more normal pace of 1-2 lbs a week.
Oh, and I'm loving all of these funny word-verifications. One day we'll have to have everyone post theirs!
Everything that has peanut butter is yummy :)
You lost 15 lbs in 1 month...I never loose more than a pound a week! Great looking cookies!
These look so yummy!
Sara, 15 lbs is fabulous! Good job! Maybe we need a new blog...you could post a daily menu of what you're eating and then we'd all be skinny together! :)
Congrats on the 15 lbs! That's wonderful and amazing to do in one month! These cookies look so delicious. I love anything with Peanut butter in it!
Can I ask how many these make?
Ha, ha, Sara you're so funny. Congrats on all the weight you lost. That is impressive and inspiring. I am making these cookies today because we're having some friends over (the only safe time to make something like this so we don't eat it all :) and I can't wait to taste them!
Samantha- thanks for asking that, I forgot to include it! I'm going to go add it in.
It makes a lot of cookies. With the size that I made them, I got about 8 dozen PB cookies, which made 4 dozen sandwiches.
I've already made these twice and they've been a huge hit. I've also tried drizzling and dipping half in chocolate...YUM! Thanks for your yummy recipes!!
These are ever so yummy!! Just made them today!! One question though, how do you store them due to the filling? Is the fridge required? Thanks
Jen, I just store them in an air-tight container at room temp. They don't last that long at my house though- I've never had to store them for more than a day! lol
Oh my goodness. Made these last night and they are amazing! It took everything I had to hold back from squeezing the filling leftovers all in my mouth...
These are sooooo good!! I used butter & they turned out very chewy & delicious! I halved the filling recipe (4 cups of icing sugar seemed liked too much to me!) & it was the perfect amount. Definitely going in my roster!
I just got done making these....I LOVE THEM!!! They are so good...and so cute!! These are so much better than the ordinary PB cookies I usually make.
These look great! I cannot wait to try them! I do have a question though, I don't have butter shortning, would it be alright to use regular, or should I wait until I can pick up the other?
Jill, you can totally use regular shortening!
how do you get the icing to look so perfect? one glob in the middle and smash the cookie down?
Kimberly- yup, you got it!
Okay I know it is a year since you posted this recipe and I know I am a little white girl and I know it isn't 1998 but seriously... these cookies are da' bomb! Everytime I make these I can not believe how delicious they are and when I give them away to friends they are blown away that they are homemade.
"Enough" filling to be "generous"?? I was very generous and still had about a cup and a half left over!!! But I'm not gonna complain! :) A tip: this stuff is great to spread on graham crackers. SOOO good!! so now I can have peanut buttery snacks after the cookies are gone! yum yum...
I have made these SOOOOO many times already! THE best EVA!! Everything is so much better with frosting in it... ;)
Magnificent! I ended up using 1 cup less of powdered sugar in the filling, and it was maybe still a little sweet for my taste. But my 5 year old was squeezing the leftovers out of the bag onto his finger all night!
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