Name: Soft and Creamy Peanut Butter Cookies
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup / 230 g creamy peanut butter; 1 cup / 120 g confectioner's sugar; 1-3/4 cups / 220 g all purpose flour; 3/4 teaspoon baking soda; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup 175 g creamy peanut butter; 1/2 cup /110 g vegetable shortening; 1-1/4 cups / 250 g firmly packed brown sugar; 3 tablespoons milk; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk

Soft and Creamy Peanut Butter cookies, decadent cookies with a peanut butter cookie dough and then filled with creamy peanut butter, a perfect cookie for PB fans!

This delicious recipe has been generously shared by one of our Lovefoodies supporters, Cathy Kopp.
Cathy is always cooking delicious Homemade dishes and just loves to cook. Cathy's been kind enough to contribute many of her recipes to Lovefoodies so everyone can enjoy them, so be sure to take a look at all her tasty easy recipes!

These Soft & Creamy Peanut Butter Cookies are incredibly easy and a real family hit! You need to take a look and see how Cathy makes these so creamy....wow!

When you bite into one of these creamy cookies, you get a crunchy outside and then a creaming filling, it's certainly full of flavor and peanut butter!

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These cookies would be perfect any time of the year and make great gifts for Thanksgiving and Christmas time too. You could make a few gift packages for friends and family, pop some in gift jars, or gift cellophane wrap with a pretty ribbon. They're always popular and easy to make.

Recipe by Cathy Kopp

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7) Soft and Creamy Peanut Butter Cookies

8) Delicious recipes using Peanut Butter

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

7 - 8 minutes

Yield

4 dozen

Ingredients

For the filling

1 cup / 230 g creamy peanut butter
1 cup / 120 g confectioner's sugar

For the cookie

1-¾ cups / 220 g all purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon salt
¾ cup 175 g creamy peanut butter
½ cup /110 g vegetable shortening
1-¼ cups / 250 g firmly packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375F / 190 C / Gas 5.

For the filling

Mix together peanut butter and confectioner's sugar until a stiff dough forms.

Divide into 48 equal pieces and roll each into a ball.

Set aside on a sheet of wax or parchment paper.

For the cookie

In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

In a mixing bowl, combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla.

Mix well on medium speed until well blended, scraping bowl twice.

Add whole egg and yolk, one at a time, mixing well between additions.

On low speed, slowly add flour mixture, beating just until blended.

Put them together

With a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop, scoop a portion of the dough into your palm and roll into a ball.

Gently flatten the ball with your fingers and place a filling ball into the center.

Gently mold the dough around the filling and roll it into a ball.

Place on an ungreased baking sheet, 2" apart.

With a fork, gently flatten the ball in a criss-cross pattern. *DO NOT SMASH!

Soft and Creamy Peanut Butter Cookies, on baking sheet

Bake 7 to 8 minutes, just until set and just beginning to brown. (Cookies should look slightly underdone.)

Remove from oven and cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes.

Remove to rack to cool completely.

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