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Peanut Butter Cup Sandwich Cookies #CookieWeek

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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. We are also giving away fabulous baking-related prizes from KitchenAid, King Arthur Flour, OXO, Silpat and Zulka Pure Cane Sugar.

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).

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Ingredients

    Cookies
  • 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

    For the cookies
  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
  5. 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.

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Source: Adapted from Nestle Toll House Best Loved Cookies
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Here are the participants for Cookie Week. Be sure to check out their blogs all week for delicious cookie ideas:


Cookie Week Giveaway

As I said earlier, we have amazing prizes lined up this week thanks to our sponsors KitchenAid, King Arthur Flour, OXO, Silpat and Zulka Pure Cane Sugar.

Four lucky winners will win one of the following:

Prize #1: 1 (one) KitchenAid 9-Speed Hand Mixer plus 1 (one) 4lb bag of  Zulka Pure Cane Sugar

Prize #2: 1 (one) OXO gift set including the following:  1 (one) 3-in-1 Egg Separator, 1(one) Cookie Press, 1(one) Autumn Cookie Disk Set, 1(one) 3 piece Cookie Cutter Set, 1(one) Bowl Scraper, 1(one) 2 Cup Adjustable Measuring Cups

Prize #3: 1 (one) King Arthur Flour gift set including the following: 1(one) King Arthur Unbleached All Purpose Flour -5lb bag, 1(one) Snowflake Cookie Cutter Set, 1(one) King Arthur Flour Pure Vanilla Extract, 1(one) Sparkling Sugar Collection, 1(one) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Wafers – 16oz and 1(one) 4lb bag of Zulka Pure Cane Sugar

Prize #4: 1 (one) Silpat Halfsize Mat and 1(one) 4lb bag Zulka Pure Cane Sugar

This giveaway is open to US residents and will be picked from random draw.  The winners will be notified via email and have 72 hours to respond, if not their prize is forfeited and another winner will be chosen.


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Disclaimer: KitchenAid, OXO, King Arthur Flour, Silpat and Zulka Pure Cane are providing the prizes free of charge.  All opinions stated are my own.

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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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