All I Want for Christmas Peanut Butter Cookies
MrsWheelbarrow

- Serves
- 4 dozen
- Prep Time
- 15 Minutes
My brother-in-law has a reputation for loving peanut butter. The first Christmas after our wedding, I packed up a tin of homemade cookies to send out to my now expanded family. Garry's reaction to these cookies was "WOW." Since then, I send the standard mixed cookie tin to his family, and a separate tin with a dozen peanut butter sandwich cookies just for him. They are ethereally light, crispy, and mmmmm-inducing. Make them small; they are very rich. I use a teaspoon-sized scoop. The recipe came to me from a friend of a friend, so many years ago I can't even recall. It's easily the most popular of the 20 or so types I make.
Ingredients
Peanut Butter Cookie
- 6 ounce best-quality unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter, such as Jif; do not use natural peanut butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 vanilla pod, seeds scraped
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Sandwich Cream
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 8 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 cup finely chopped semisweet chocolate or miniature chips
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 to 6 tablespoon heavy cream
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All I Want for Christmas Peanut Butter Cookies
When the holidays roll around, it's usually the time of year when many home cooks put on their baking hats and put out the most amazingly decorated cookies they can come up with. Or, let's face it, you have the kids come help you bake and the kitchen ends up a mess, but the cookies at least taste good and you had fun in the process! These peanut butter cookies will please adults and young ones alike. As the developer said, this is easily one of the most popular peanut butter cookie recipes ever, so you better be sure to give it a try. It features ingredients you most likely already have on hand, but you do need to seek out the best-quality butter you can find. This is also a great way to use up creamy peanut butter if you have some hanging out in your pantry.
All you need is an electric mixer (though if you want to get a workout in too, the dough can be mixed by hand), and there's no other special equipment required. The filling also comes together really quickly, since all you have to do is beat the ingredients together until the desired consistency is reached. It doesn't get much easier, and everyone will be grabbing one or two of these tasty treats as long as they're on the dessert table. As you're making the cookies, if you are very lucky, there will be broken halves, or uneven numbers, as that means a little snack for the baker.
Directions
Peanut Butter Cookie
- Step 1
Heat the oven to 350°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
- Step 2
In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until lightened.
- Step 3
Add the egg, beat to combine, then add the vanilla. Beat well until combined and lightened.
- Step 4
Into a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt. Fold the dry ingredients into the butter mixture thoroughly but gently.
- Step 5
Place rounded teaspoons of dough on the prepared sheet pans, spacing about 2 inches apart. Press down gently with a fork or with two floured fingers.
- Step 6
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until barely golden on top and golden brown on the bottom. The cookies will be very soft, so don't fuss with them until they cool. Let cool completely while you make the sandwich cream.
Sandwich Cream
- Step 1
In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat the powdered sugar, peanut butter, and butter until lightened and smooth.
- Step 2
Stir in the chocolate vanilla. Add the cream until the filling is smooth enough to spread.
- Step 3
Put the little cookies together, gluing one half to the other with a very generous schmear of sandwich cream.