Peanut Butter & Jelly Cookies

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 3/4 cup low sugar strawberry spread

Recipe

• 1 beat margarine and peanut butter at medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy.
• 2 gradually add sugar, beating well.
• 3 add egg whites and vanilla; beat well.
• 4 combine flour, soda and salt in a small bowl, stirring well.
• 5 gradually add flour mixture to creamed mixture, mixing well.
• 6 shape dough into 40 (1 inch) boalls.
• 7 place balls 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet coated with cooking spray.
• 8 flatten cookies into 2-inch circles using a flat bottomed glass.
• 9 bake at 359 for 8 minutes or until lightly borwned.
• 10 cool slightly on cookie sheet; remove from cooke sheets and let cool on wire racks.
• 11 spread about 1 1/2 teaspoons strawberry spread on the bottom half the cooled cookies; top with remaining cookies.