I use to eat these as a kid. But they were a special treat, my mom didn't really ever buy junk food for us.
I like peanut butter cookies so I thought that these would be super soft and yummy. I'm not a chocolate fan, so I would pick a peanut butter cookie over chocolate chip any day!
I saw a recipe on Pintrest and thought that they would be super easy to make. To a novice, they are fairly simple, there is just more steps to follow.
The peanut butter filling is the pretty much frosting, so it's nice and easy to make. It took me a couple of hours to make everything (chill time, baking time etc..).
I took loads of photos so following along should be nice and simple. So, now on to the baking!
Nutter Butter Cookies
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup peanut butter (I used natural, no additives)
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar, packed lightly
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspon baking powder
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar (for the top of the cookies)
Start by creaming the butter in a mixing bowl, then add the peanut butter. By creaming the butter first, you are making sure that there are no clumps of butter. Add the sugars and mix until fluffy.
Next, add the eggs and vanilla, beat until well combined.
In a sperarate bowl, mix the remaining dry ingredients (minus the extra 1/3 cup sugar). Then a little at a time, pour into the moist mixture, mix until nice and fluffy.
Place plastic wrap over the bowl and place in the refrigerator for one hour.
Meanwhile, make the filling.
Filling
1 cup butter, room temperature
1 cup peanut butter
4 cups powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons milk
Begin by creaming the butter like you did with the cookies, then add the peanut butter. Beat until smooth.
Add the powdered sugar, a little at a time so there will be little to no mess.
Add the milk a tablespoon at a time, or until desired consistency is reached.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Take the chilled dough out of the fridge and start scooping out 1 inch diameter balls and rolling them into about three inch long logs.
Take a fork and place in sugar to start making the cross hatching on both ends of the logs.
Then pinch the middles inward to form the peanut shape.
Place in oven for 6 to 8 minutes. (oven temps may vary)
Let cookies cool for a couple of minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack.
Wait until cookies are completely cooled before you start applying the filling.
The final step to these wonderfully tasty cookies is the filling. You can simply spread the fillingon the underside of one cookie with a knife or spatula, then place another cookie on top, creating a sandwich!
Or, you can be all fancy and use a pastry bag and large tip and pipe out the filling.
And that's it, you're done!
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