Nutter Butter Cookies

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup quaker oats
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3/4 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon fine cookie crumbs (graham cracker, etc.)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 in a large bowl, cream together the shortening and the sugar with an electric mixer.
• 3 add the egg, salt and peanut butter and beat until well blended.
• 4 put the oats in a blender or a food processor and grind away until they are almost as finely ground as flour.
• 5 add the oats and the flour to the mixture and blend well.
• 6 pinch out small portions of the dough and roll into 1 inch balls in the palm of your hand.
• 7 press these flat on an ungreased cookie sheet so that they form 2 inch circles.
• 8 bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until light brown around the edges.
• 9 while the cookies are baking, combine the filling ingredients in a small bowl.
• 10 when the cookies have cooled down, use a butter knife to spread a thin layer of filling on the flat side of a cookie and then press another one on top.
• 11 repeat till all the cookies and the filling are use up.