Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Total Time: 34 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup granulated sugar (plus extra for topping)
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f & line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper for even browning & to guard against burning.
• 2 for the cookie dough ~ in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda & salt.
• 3 in a large bowl, & with an electric mixer at high speed, beat butter, peanut butter & both sugars until light & fluffy.
• 4 beat in eggs & vanilla, then gently fold in the flour mixture until just incorporated.
• 5 roll a rounded tablespoon of dough between your hands to make a ball, then place it on the prepared baking sheets. repeat until cookie dough is all used up.
• 6 dip a fork in some additional granulated sugar & press each dough ball to make a crisscross pattern.
• 7 bake for 14 minutes or until lightly brown around the edges.
• 8 set the baking sheets on wire racks & cool 5 minutes before transferring cookies directly onto the wire racks to cool completely.
• 9 for the filling ~ in a medium bowl beat all filling ingredients together until creamy.
• 10 spread 1 tablespoon of the filling onto the flat side of 1 cookie & press the flat side of a 2nd cookie onto the filling, creating a cookie sandwich. repeat until sandwich cookies are completed!