Description
These Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches are so simple, yet so delicious! And you get to eat two cookies at once…Yippee!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar, plus more for flattening
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup chocolate hazelnut spread such as Nutella (or melted chocolate, peanut butter, or jelly), for filling
Instructions
- Beat the butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and light brown sugar with an electric mixer until well combined.
- Add the egg and beat until well incorporated.
- Stir in the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate about 1 hour.
- Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Shape dough into 1.25-inch balls. Place about 3 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Flatten in a crisscross pattern with a fork that has been dipped in sugar.
- Bake 10 minutes or until golden brown, rotating cookie sheet after 5 minutes. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 15 minutes.
- When cookies are cool, flip over and spread half of the cookie bottoms with about a tablespoon of chocolate hazelnut spread. Top with a similar size cookie.