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Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies

It's Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter time!! These Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies are packed with peanut butter flavor and have a melt-in-your-mouth texture.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: peanut butter stuffed cookies
Servings: 22 cookies
Calories: 395kcal
Author: Jill

Equipment

  • 1 large ice cream scooper

Ingredients

Peanut Butter Filling

Peanut Butter Cookies

Instructions

Peanut Butter Filling

  • Using a medium bowl and a whisk or a hand beater, mix the peanut butter and powdered sugar until combined and smooth like dough
  • Use a small ice cream scoop and scoop some filling into the palm of your hands
  • Roll into a ball and place onto a small tray or plate
  • Place into freezer while you make the dough

Peanut Butter Cookies

  • Pour the 1 C of sugar into a medium-size bowl
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Using a standing mixer, beat together the sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter, and eggs until combined and smooth
  • Using a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, kosher salt until combined
  • Gradually beat in the dry ingredients into the wet until a dough forms
  • Using the large ice cream scooper, scoop out some dough into the palm of your hand
  • Make an indent in the center of the dough with your thumb and gently stretch the indent to make it wider
  • Remove the peanut butter filling from the freezer and place a filling into the center of the indent
  • Pull dough over the filling and mold into a smooth ball of dough
  • Roll the cookie dough ball in the sugar
  • Place onto the cookie sheet and place into the oven and bake for 13-15 minutes or until a light golden brown
  • Allow cookies to cool before moving and enjoying with a LARGE glass of milk!

Nutrition

Calories: 395kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 264mg | Potassium: 218mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 153IU | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg