COPYCAT HOMEMADE NUTTER BUTTER SANDWICH COOKIES
An easy homemade version of nutter butter cookies filled with rich and creamy peanut butter frosting - a childhood favorite
Ingredients
- 1½ c all purpose flour
- 1 c peanut butter
- ½ c butter
- 1 egg
- ¼ c brown sugar
- ¼ c coconut sugar
- 2 T honey
- 1 t baking soda
- 1 t vanilla extract
- pinch of salt
PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING
- 1 c powdered sugar
- ½ c creamy peanut butter
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 2 T oat milk (or any other milk)
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 350°
- Cream together the softened butter and sugars.
- To the butter sugar mixture, add in egg, vanilla and peanut butter. Mix thoroughly until combined.
- Whisk the dry ingredients together in another bowl.
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix until thoroughly combined.
- Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
- Roll into large balls and place on a baking sheet.
- You should be able to get 6 balls to a cookie sheet, making 12 cookies total. Flatten the balls of dough slightly to ensure that they bake flat.
- Bake for 18 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely and make the frosting in the mean time.
- In the mixer, combine powdered sugar, peanut butter and vanilla.
- While mixing, slowly add in one tablespoon of oat milk at a time until you get the desired consistency.
- Mix at high speed for 2 minutes until the frosting is whipped and fluffy.
- Spread frosting on bottom of cookies and smush together to make the sandwich.