A lusciously smooth peanut butter buttercream is sandwiched between two chewy peanut butter cookies, for a sweet treat!
Ingredients
For the Peanut Butter Cookies:
1/2cupunsalted buttersoftened
1/2cupcrunchy peanut butter
1/2cupsugar
1/4cuplight brown sugarlightly packed
1/2tspvanilla extract
1large egg
3/4cupall-purpose flour
1/2tspbaking soda
1/4tspbaking powder
1/4tspsea salt
For the Peanut Butter Buttercream:
1/2cupbuttersoftened
1/2cupcreamy peanut butter
1cupconfectioner's sugar
1tbspheavy whipping cream
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
For the peanut butter cookies, cream together the butter and peanut butter for 30 seconds on medium high speed with a hand mixer, until fluffy and light. Add the sugar and brown sugar, and cream for another 30 seconds, until combined. Add the vanilla extract and egg, and mix until combined.
In a separate bowl, whisk to combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt, then add this mixture to the wet ingredients in the other bowl. Mix with medium speed until the flour just barely disappears (do not overmix, or the cookies will be tough).
Take a medium cookie scoop and portion mounds of cookie dough onto a silicone mat or parchment paper lined baking sheet (12 scoops per sheet pan, with two sheet pans total), then bake for 13 minutes until the cookies are golden around the edges. Let the cookies cool completely.
To make the buttercream filling, cream together the butter and peanut butter until fluffy. Add the confectioner's sugar and mix with medium high speed for 30 seconds, until airy and light. Add the heavy whipping cream and whip for another 30 seconds.
To assemble, place the buttercream filling into a piping bag, then pipe the filling onto half of the cookies. Top the piped cookies off with a plain cookie, then press gently with your fingertips to make a sandwich. Serve and enjoy!