Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches

About a week ago, I decided to create something different.  I love sandwich cookies, and I found another great recipe from The Naturally Good Cook.  Peanut Butter sandwich cookies stuffed with a Nutella based cream.  I thought I would die of happiness.  I frequently make peanut butter and Nutella sandwiches when I'm out of conventional sandwich ingredients, so I was pleased to create a more dessert friendly application.

I set my oven for 350 degrees, and began to mix up the magic.

I beat together 1 1/2 sticks of unsalted butter with 3/4 cup of white and brown sugars, and 3/4 cup of peanut butter in my standing mixer.

I added 2 eggs one at a time.

Next I added 1/2 tsp of salt, 2 tsp of baking soda and 2 cups of flour.

Once the dough came together, I used a small scoop to create uniform balls of cookie on the baking sheets.  Using my fingers, I flattened each one.

They baked for 13 minutes, and were nice, uniform cookies, perfect for sandwiches.

As for the filling, I combined 2 cups of confectioner's sugar with 1 cup of Nutella in my standing mixer.  However, the creme was looking more like a powder, so I added some milk to smooth it out.

The resulting cookies were delicious.  My husband and I devoured them, and sadly, they did not last for long.  I hope you enjoyed this recipe.  It was a very good one, if you want to try it out.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Maple Craisin Cookies (Or,Grown Up Boozy Cookies)

So, I went camping with my husband and some friends over the Memorial Day weekend, and decided to make a new kind of cookie.  We usually get properly sloshed on these trips, so I wanted to make an adult flavored cookie for us to enjoy.  Needless to say, these were enjoyed by us, and by my in-laws, and they were practically gone by the time we went home.  I got the recipe from The Naturally Good Cook.

In a small saucepan I combined 2 cups of Craisins with 1 cup of Brandy and let it come to boil on the stove.  After is boiled I set it aside for 30 minutes.

While that sat I combined 1 cup of butter with 1 cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of maple syrup in my standing mixer.

Once that came together I added 1 tsp of kosher salt, 2 tsp of cinnamon, 2 tsp of baking powder, 6 Tbsp of cocoa powder, and 3 cups of flour.

I added 12 oz of white chocolate chips and the drained craisins to the batter and mixed them up.

In a small bowl I mixed together a snickerdoodle mix of sugar and cinnamon.  I rolled each cookie ball in it and placed them on a cookie tray.

I baked them for 14 minutes at 350.

These have a very adult flavor, and probably wouldn't appeal to many kids.  That being said, they were really good.  They disappeared around the campfire!

Enjoy!