Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

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Every time I visit my parents during the winter months, I can usually expect to see the pantry lined with bright boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. That’s a perk you get from living in a town where girls still come to the door, (like I did,) selling boxes of delicious-ness. I was able to get a couple boxes this from a sweet friend who is willing to ship, but I set my limits at 2 boxes. I had to.

I have a weakness for a bunch of flavors, (except for that new mango one, not a fan,) but there is no doubt as to what my mom has always loved the most. Even as these were baking, I found her with a small glass of milk with a few Peanut Butter Sandwich cookies soaking. (We call them Peanut Butter Sandwiches in Wisconsin, what are they in other places? Do si do-s?)

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I couldn’t wait to make my family a copycat recipe that tasted as better than the original, and were soft enough to not need any milk dunking! The cookie is soft with just a little outer crunch, and the filling is super thick and peanut buttery, and doesn’t ooze out when you bite in! (A sandwich cookie must in my book.) These are easy as pie, and the perfect over-the-top peanut buttery treat for anyone as obsessed with the stuff as my family is!

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Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Yield: 2 dozen sandwich cookies
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 stick butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup quick oats*
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2-3 tablespoons heavy cream

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, soda and oats. Set aside.
  3. Cream the butter and peanut butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high. Add the sugar, brown sugar and vanilla and continue to beat until the mixture is fluffy. Add the egg and beat until combined.
  4. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated.
  5. Roll or scoop batter into 1-inch sized balls, and use a lightly floured fork to make a criss-cross pattern. Make sure to leave about 2 inches between each cookie as they will spread a bit.
  6. Bake in the top half of the oven until the cookies are golden, about 10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

For the Filling:

  1. Cream together the butter and peanut butter. Add the powdered sugar and mix on high. Gradually add the cream until mixture is really thick and smooth.

To Assemble:

  1. When cookies are cool, match cookie halves with similar sized-partners. Pipe a dollop of filling inside and use the other cookie to smush it to the edges.

Notes

*If you only have Old Fashioned Oats- you can make them "Quick" by just pulsing them in the food processor a bit to break them into smaller pieces.

Nutrition Information:
Yield: 2 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g

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Recipe adapted from: The Food Network

18 Comments

  1. Ok. I’m apparently having a slow morning here, because I don’t see the quantities for the filling–just that you used peanut butter, butter and powdered sugar. Where are the quantities needed listed? These are a favorite in our house, too. :)

      1. Thanks! My daughter is also a food blogger (Eat Your Heart Out), so I know that y’all like to have it right for us. Have a great weekend and thanks for the recipe!

  2. I somehow can’t find the place where you mention the ingredients for the filling/the quantities. Am I blind or did you forget to mention them?
    Those peanut butter sandwich cookies look great. I’d love to have one or two right now.

  3. Even though I love do si dos, I always miss out on them (because I’m buying a billion boxes of tagalongs, thin mints, and samoas, can’t look like I’m eating tooooo many cookies, right?). Thanks for the recipe! Now I can hide my GS cookie addiction shame ;-D

  4. Though most people would disagree with me, I would trade a thin mint for a do-si-do (peanut butter sandwich cookie in Girl Scout lingo) any day! Thanks for this recipe. I can’t wait to make my own :)

  5. Oh my goodness, these peanut butter cookies look amazing! I haven’t had a girl scout cookie in a long time. I don’t think my family ordered any last year or the year before. But I’m loving all these copy-cat recipes I”m seeing!

  6. isn’t it so sweet to have girls from girls scout walking to your door steps to sell cookies.. I just love it and always buy more than I need..
    Anyways, these cookies look wow.. Peanut Butter Cookies are too good to be eaten with a control..LOL
    Perfect!

  7. Hooray for homemade girl scout cookies! These are one of my favorites, I’m a sucker for anything peanut butter-flavored :)

  8. Yep, these are looking like Do-si-dos! It’s so funny there are two different sets of names for the same cookies. I’m waiting for the cookies I ordered from my coworker to appear on my desk. I want to eat lots of peanut butter patties!!! For now I’ll just have to make these PB sandwiches, mmm…

  9. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. Made this today exactly as you wrote it and these were the best PB cookies I have ever had!!!

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