Peanut Butter Cookies

Servings: 12Prep Time: 00:00By: Warren Prince

Ingredients

0.42 lbFlour, all-purpose
0.12 lbFlour, cake
0.5 tspBaking Soda
0.25 tspsalt
0.42 lbButter
0.45 lbPeanut Butter, smooth
0.27 lbSugar
0.24 lbSugar, brown
1.0 tspVanilla Extract
1.0 eachEgg
0.55 lbSugar, Confectioners
0.22 lbButter
0.45 lbPeanut Butter, smooth
3.0 TBSPCream, Heavy
0.07 lbPeanuts, coarse
0.11 lbChocolate Chips, mini or chopped coarse

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350

  2. Sift the flours, baking soda and salt together.

  3. Cream butter, peanut butter, and sugars till light and fluffy.

  4. Add vanilla and egg cream some more (about 3 more minutes).

  5. Stir in flour mixture by hand (don't overwork).

  6. Drop heaping tablespoons of batter on the lined cookie sheet, about 2 apart. Flatten with floured fingers to 2 round.

  7. Bake till puffed and golden (about 12 - 14 minutes)
    cool on wire rack.

  8. Cream confectioners sugar, butter and peanut butter until smooth.

  9. I always sift my confectioner's sugar as it tends to get lumpy (I buy at a bulk food store, and it will sit a bit here).

  10. Add cream and cream till smooth and fluffy.
    Stir in nuts (they should be unsalted) and the chocolate chips

    Spread some filling on a cookie, and press top onto it.

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