Mmm! Peanut butter cookies are doubly good when you sandwich two cookies with chocolate frosting.
Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
- Prep Time 50 min
- Total 4 hr 20 min
- Servings 18
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Chocolate Frosting or about 1 cup jam

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter and egg with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Cover; refrigerate about 3 hours or until firm.
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Step2Heat oven to 375°F. Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheet, place balls about 3 inches apart. Flatten slightly in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in flour.
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Step3Bake 9 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Spread chocolate frosting between bottoms of pairs of cookies.
Nutrition
280
Calories
15g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
33g
Total Carbohydrate
24g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Sandwich Cookie
- Calories
- 280
- Calories from Fat
- 130
- Total Fat
- 15g
- 23%
- Saturated Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 24%
- Trans Fat
- 2 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 230mg
- 10%
- Potassium
- 150mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 33g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 24g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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