Ingredients
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup quick oats
- Peanut Butter Molasses Buttercream, recipe follows
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream the butter and peanut butter together in a large mixer on high. Add the sugar, brown sugar and vanilla and continue to beat until the mixture is fluffy. Add the egg and beat until combined. Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and oats together in a separate bowl and add to the butter mixture. Mix until well combined.
Place the batter onto a sheet pan by the tablespoonful, leaving about 2 inches between each cookie. Bake in the top half of the oven until the cookies are golden, about 10 minutes. Remove and let cool.
When the cookies are completely cool, put a teaspoonful of the butter cream or simply just some peanut butter and strawberry jelly, or chocolate-hazelnut spread into the center of half of the cookies. Top with the remaining cookies, pressing down until the filling squeezes out a bit. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Peanut Butter Molasses Buttercream:
1 stick butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons molasses
1 tablespoon heavy cream
Pinch salt
Cream the butter and peanut butter together using an electric mixer. Add the sugar and molasses and beat until thick and creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the heavy cream and salt and beat one additional minute. Spread on the cookies immediately.
Yield: about 2 cups
Peanut Butter and Strawberry Jam Filling:
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup strawberry jam
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By anita44
on March 30, 2011
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These were the most bland tasting cookies I have had in a long time. I have no idea why anyone here rated these high. They were soft, and actually if I cooked them slightly longer than in the recipe the texture was better. Still bland though, and I will not make this again. Sorry.
By DW-ArlHts
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on November 10, 2010
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These cookies are great, crunchy on the outside and a chewy sweet center. I substitute old fashioned oats for quick oats. Seems to have a nuttier taste. The only issue is that the ratio of filling to cookies is off. I make a double batch of cookies and a single batch of filling, this works perfect.
By JackiStockinger
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on September 17, 2010
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Agreed with everyone else that the actual cookie great regardless of the filling. I also agree with Kelly's comment that the molasses was all she could taste in the filling. I thought it was overwhelming, and on my next attempt with these cookies am going to cut WAY back on it.
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