Keep the cookies small.

Yes, we are adults and can make giant cookies if we want, but these are sandwich cookies which means twice the amount of cookie as a normal cookie. Each of these peanut butter cookie dough balls is about 1 Tablespoon in size.

While I opted for classic grape jelly, you can mix and match these to meet your preferences. Homemade or commercial jams or jellies work for this cookie, and you can even do multiple flavors for each batch.

Peanut Butter recommendations.

For peanut butter frosting, old school Jif or Skippy works best. You can use a natural peanut butter, but the texture won't be the same. Elementary school me didn't even know what "natural" peanut butter was...

I'm a huge fan of crunchy peanut butter, and I have made peanut butter cookies with crunchy peanut butter. The frosting works much better with creamy frosting, however, so if you have to choose just one, stick with creamy.

No piping bag, no problem.

To pipe the peanut butter frosting you can use a plastic bag with a corner snipped off if you don't have a piping bag.

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Cookies - Just Desserts Bakehouse

Name: Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: dessert
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter; 1/2 cup sugar (plus more for rolling); 1/2 cup brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 cup peanut butter; 1 1/2 cups flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 cup peanut butter; *jam or jelly of your choice

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Cookies

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A cute peanut butter sandwich cookie filled with peanut butter frosting and your favorite jelly!

Author: Darla McVay
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Yield: 16 sandwich cookies 1x
Category: cookies
Cuisine: dessert

Ingredients

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For the Cookie:

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar (plus more for rolling)

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup peanut butter

1 1/2 cups flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

For the Filling:

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup powdered sugar

1 cup peanut butter

*jam or jelly of your choice

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 and line baking sheets with parchment

For the Cookie: Mix the 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and blend until incorporated. Blend in the 1 cup peanut butter. Add the flour, baking soda and salt and mix to combine. Scoop 1 Tablespoon size portions of dough and roll dough balls in a bowl of sugar. Place on baking sheet and press dough with the back of a fork to create a cross hatch design. Bake cookies for 10 minutes until set and lightly golden at the edges.

For the Filling: Mix 1/2 cup butter, 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 cup peanut butter to create a frosting.

To assemble: Pipe a circle of frosting around the outside of half of the cooled peanut butter cookies. Spoon jelly into the center of these cookies and then top with remaining (unfrosted) cookies to form a sandwich.

Notes

I use about 1/2 cup of additional sugar in a bowl for rolling dough balls.

Keywords: peanut butter, jelly, sandwich cookie

Find it online: https://justdessertsbakehouse.com/peanut-butter-jelly-sandwich-cookies/