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Peanut Butter Cup Sandwich Cookies

Chewy peanut butter cookies with peanut butter cup pieces then sandwiched together with peanut butter frosting. Grab a glass of milk and dig in!


Peanut Butter Cup Sandwich Cookies | www.chocolatemoosey.com

Today marks the beginning of a beautiful week – it’s Cookie Week! Cookie Week is just what it sounds like – a week full of cookie recipes hosted by Susan of The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen and Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic to get you ready for the holiday with lots of ideas for gift giving and parties. I personally will only be posting three days, but we have over 20 bloggers posting all week with every cookie type you can possibly imagine, including treats for your furry friends. Even if you aren’t ready to make them now, be sure to follow the Cookie Week Pinterest board for recipes all in one place.

I’m kicking off the week with Peanut Butter Cup Sandwich Cookies. I took a chewy peanut butter cookie recipe, used peanut butter cups instead of chocolate chips, then sandwiched them together with peanut butter filling. A peanut butter lover’s dream that may require a glass of milk.


Peanut Butter Cup Sandwich Cookies | www.chocolatemoosey.com

I’ve had this idea in my head for a long time, ever since I used peanut butter cups as chocolate chips in my peanut butter cup bars. What prompted me to sandwich them together I’m not sure. I just know the more peanut butter, the better. Even if I hate drinking milk.


Peanut Butter Cup Sandwich Cookies | www.chocolatemoosey.com

I envision these wrapped up in a box, all ready to give away for Christmas. I bet they’ll mail well too. After all, what’s Christmas without a cookie exchange? This batch you see here was taken into work and devoured in almost no time. I’ve even had coworkers tell other coworkers to go grab a cookie at my desk.


Peanut Butter Cup Sandwich Cookies | www.chocolatemoosey.com

Of course if you just want the cookies without the peanut butter frosting, feel free to do just that (but I highly recommend you go all out with the peanut butter. Or even use chocolate filling).

Peanut Butter Cup Sandwich Cookies

Peanut Butter Cup Sandwich Cookies

Yield: 1 dozen
Chewy peanut butter cookies with peanut butter cup pieces then sandwiched together with peanut butter frosting. Grab a glass of milk and dig in!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups chopped peanut butter cups (the size of chocolate chips)

Filling

  • 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3/4 cup (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • Pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter until creamy. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Stir in the peanut butter cups.
  4. Drop dough by the tablespoon onto the the baking sheets*. Bake 8-10 minutes or until the edges are set and the centers look done but are still soft. Let stand on the sheet for 4 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  5. For the filling: In a large mixing bowl, beat together the peanut butter and butter until creamy and smooth. On low speed, add the powdered sugar and salt and beat until combined. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.
  6. Take one cookie and spread some of the frosting onto the flat side. Take another cookie and place on top, flat side down. Repeat with the remaining cookies.

Notes

*If your dough is too warm, chill in the refrigerator for about an hour before baking.

© Carla Cardello

Source: Adapted from Nestle Toll House Best Loved Cookies
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  11. My favorite cookie to bake during the holiday season is this “Fudge Meltaway” bar that was in a cookie book my mom had for a long time. It was a bottom layer of crushed nuts, graham cracker crumbs, chocolate and coconut, with a vanilla cream layer over that, and finished off with a thin layer of unsweetened chocolate.

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  16. I love nut goodies (chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, peanut butter, butter all melted & peanuts and marshmallows stirred in)

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  18. You lovely, lovely person–I rarely *ever* click through on cookie recipes that I already have bookmarked (so many PB cup cookie recipes already!), but the chewy factor in your photos caught me. I will most definitely be making these in the near future, hope to report back soon with equally good results! Cookie butter filling sounds like a possibility, too. Glad I took the time to check my post updates on Foodgawker today–wouldn’t have stumbled across this gem otherwise!

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  26. I think everybody’s favorite cookie to get in their baskets is the old-fashioned Chocolate, Peanut butter No-Bakes.

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  27. My favorite is spice cookies with pumpkin dip!! I got the recipe from my mom about 20 yrs ago and make it almost every year. Will be sharing the recipe next week at my blog.

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  31. These look delicious. My favorite Holiday cookie has always been the Peanut Butter ones with the choc kiss in the middle!

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  33. My favorite cookies are probably M&M cookies, which look Christmasy with the holiday red and green M&Ms. Easy, cute, and delicious–what’s not to like?

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  38. Hello,
    Much appreciated for your recipe, I was wondering, is there anyway to get PDF format of this recipe, I would like to download this recipe and print. But whenever I try to print from website, it comes with all the comments and other pictures too. Please advise.
    Thank you.
    Christina Oliver

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    • On the recipe card, click on the Print button. That will open a new page with only the recipe to print. If that still doesn’t work for you, you can always copy and paste into a Word document.

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  39. I Love these cookies!!! I don’t need a holiday to make them.

    I just realized though, that you have in the recipe for the cookie, it calls for 3/4 cup of Butter(1 1/2 sticks)
    But, in the recipe for the filling, it calls for the same amount but in ( ) you have 6 tblsp.
    Wouldn’t it be 1 1/2 sticks as well(which is what I use)?
    Just unsure if that’s a type o or not?

    These cookies are the rave whenever I make them.
    Thank you for sharing.

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    • I….have no idea what I did LOL Thank you for pointing this out! I noticed it’s also missing vanilla (it’s been quite some time since I published it, so my baking knowledge has grown. The vanilla will help bring out the peanut butter flavor even more). Glad you’re enjoying the cookies regardless of my typo!

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