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The Best Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

about 18 sandwich cookies
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword cookies
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 18
Author Christine Ma

Ingredients

Peanut butter cookies

  • ½ cup butter softened
  • ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon dry milk powder

Filling

  • 5 tablespoon creamy peanut butter
  • 1 ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • 3 tablespoon water

Strawberry icing

  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon strawberry jam
  • 1 teaspoon water

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Cream together ½ cup butter with ¼ cup peanut butter and ¼ cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour, ¼ teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon dry milk powder and stir just until combined. Cover and chill the dough for 30 minutes or until firm.
  • Dust a clean work counter with flour. Roll out the cookie dough until ⅛ inch thick, making sure to continuously dust the counter and rolling pin with flour. Cut out 2 inch-circles and carefully transfer the cookies onto the baking sheet, leaving ½ inch gap in between. Bake the cookies for 7-8 minutes or until pale golden. Cool the cookies completely on a wire rack.
  • Make the filling. Beat together 5 tablespoon creamy peanut butter with 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar and 3 tablespoon water until well combined. Add an additional tablespoon of water if the frosting is too thick. Transfer the peanut frosting into a piping bag. Flip over half of the cookies and pipe on the frosting. Stack another cookie on top to make sandwich peanut butter sandwich cookies.
  • Make the strawberry icing. Beat together ¼ cup powdered sugar with 1 tablespoon strawberry jam and 1 teaspoon water. Drizzle the icing on the cookies and serve.