Peanut Butter + Jelly cookies

November 9th, 2011 by justJENN

Ahh, the king of comfort foods, wrapped up in a sweet cookie.

ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup peanut butter
1-1/2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3-1/2 cups all purpose flour
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
peanut butter
jelly

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prep baking sheets with silpats.

In the bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter and peanut butter until combined. Add the sugars – then the eggs and vanilla.

In a bowl whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda – add that to the mixture until fully combined. It will almost start to pull away from the sides of the bowl.

Take a Tablespoonful of dough and flatten it out in your hand. Add a small spoonful of jelly.

Ok, ok – I used jam – not the same as jelly but fresh off the local strawberry tour, so I couldn’t resist. Also Peanut Butter + Jam doesn’t have the same ring to it. Pinch the edges together, fully closing up around the jelly.

Place on the prepped pan and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool on the pan – if you move them when they are warm, they may break. Once they’ve set, let them cool on a wire rack.

A sandwich in a cookie. I suppose you could eat these for lunch. Tho I wouldn’t advise it…