Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

This recipe was one that I haven't tried before but was very appealing. I found the instructions on All Recipes. After making them and eating several I realized that they taste very similar to the Girl Scout cookie called the do-si-do. Don't tell the Girl Scouts, I don't want to be sued. But if you are craving their cookies like I am during the "off-season" than these will surely help you get over it.



Cookie Ingredients:
3/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour
1/2-Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4-Teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2-Teaspoon Salt
1/2-Cup Butter, Softened
1/2-Cup Peanut Butter
1/2 Cup White Sugar
1/2 Cup Packed Light Brown Sugar
1 Egg
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extra
1-Cup Quick Cooking Oats

Filling Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons butter, softened
1-Cup Confectioners' (Powdered) Sugar
1/2-cup smooth peanut butter
2 Tablespoons Milk





In a large bowl mix the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla using a stand mixer or a handheld mixer. Next add the egg and beat it into the mixture. In a separate bowl mix the remaining dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, oats, and salt) evenly and then mix into the creamed mixture.

Next spoon equal amounts of cookie dough 2-3 inches apart throughout the pan, the dough greatly increases in size, than flatten with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees for about ten minutes.




While the cookies are baking combine the remaining butter, sifter confectioners sugar, peanut butter and milk in a clean bowl to be creamed. If spreading the filling with a knife skip this next step. When the filling is finished you can prepare it for a pastry bag (a plastic bag with the corner cut off works as well as using wax paper- see photos) by filling the bag and placing it in the refrigerator until ready.

When the cookies are finished baking and completely cooled add the filling and sandwich the two cookies together. Best keep refrigerated when storing for more than a few hours.