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Why do they make it so hard for you to change your name? Although, now thinking about it, I guess it’s a good thing that they make you jump through hoops to change your name so you don’t have those imposters & crazies, but when you’re a legit person trying to change your name – it’s the most frustrating thing! I mean, I would LOVE to work for the Social Security Administration. Working hours of 9am-3pm & only 9am-12pm on Wednesdays? Um, where can I sign up?!
It was really nice to have a long weekend this past weekend. I love starting the week on a Tuesday. It just makes the week fly by that much faster. Don’t you think? Since it was Memorial Day weekend, Jason and I figured there’d be a lot of decent furniture sales going on so we finally accomplished one of our “after the wedding” goals. We bought our king bed!! Just thinking about it makes me squeal with utter joy & excitement. We’ve been sleeping on a full bed ever since we moved in together. Did you just make a face? Yeah, I’m sure you did. Everyone does when we tell them. They’re just in shock at how we can even sleep like that. Really, we’re so used to it. We’re so used to it that we barely even touch at night. There’s always a perfect “section” for him and I in bed. We even wake up in the mornings still separate. Yeah, it’s kinda crazy. Every time we go on vacation and get a king bed at the hotel, we’re seriously in heaven – and then we come home to a full size bed and it’s sad. I honestly cannot wait to just spread out all I want and wave to Jason on the other side of the bed, haha! The bed is unfortunately backordered, though, and although the mattress isn’t, we didn’t want them to deliver them separately, so we’re getting them delivered together….July 8th :( hopefully it flies by fast. I cannot wait to jump in that ginormous bed!
These peanut butter sandwich cookies kind of evoke the same emotion for me. It’s a peanut butter lover’s dream. The cookie itself is crunch on the edges but as soon as you get to the middle, it’s really chewy and the perfect consistency with the peanut butter filling. I think this is one of Jason’s favorite cookies. He ate so many! These were one of the few cookies we didn’t give away to anyone – and that’s rare!! We usually love to share, but these are truly too good to share. They’re REALLY easy to make too. Pretty much everything is in 1/2 cup measurements so it’s easy to remember as well. This is definitely going on our cookie rotation.
Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups (120 g) quick oats
- ½ cup (63 g) all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (114 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (110 g) dark brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup (129 g) honey roasted peanut butter, I got mine freshly ground at Whole Foods – it's simply amazing and gives this cookie such a nice & subtle hint of sweetness
- 1 egg
For the filling:
- ½ cup (60 g) confectioners’ sugar
- 1 cup (258 g) creamy peanut butter, do not use natural peanut butter here
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats
- In a large bowl, add oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk to combine. Set aside.1 1/2 cups (120 g) quick oats, 1/2 cup (63 g) all purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars for 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Then add in the vanilla, peanut butter, and egg, and beat for 2 more minutes.1/2 cup (114 g) unsalted butter, 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar, 1/2 cup (110 g) dark brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 cup (129 g) honey roasted peanut butter, 1 egg
- Slowly add in the flour mixture and mix until all combined and well-incorporated.
- Using a medium sized cookie scoop, place dough on prepared baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Gently pat down the tops of the cookie dough to flatten.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes. The edges should be slightly brown and starting to crisp up. Remove from oven and let cool completely on the baking sheet.
- In the meantime, while the cookies are cooling, make the filling by whisking the confectioners’ sugar and peanut butter together.1/2 cup (60 g) confectioners’ sugar, 1 cup (258 g) creamy peanut butter
- Once the cookies are cooled, take an offset spatula and spread a tbsp. of the filling onto the bottom side of one cookie and then take another cookie and sandwich them together.
- Store in an airtight container.
July 8th? Oh my that seems so far away. Sorry, LOL. When my hubs and I got married we had a TWIN bed for the first few months. A TWIN BED. Yes, just one. It was quite cozy. We upgraded to a queen and then a king a few years ago. It’s so luxurious. And I chuckled at the “wave.” So true…
These cookies look amazing Julie. YUMMY.
Yummy!! I saw these on Emeril’s Pinterest board after I had read the post through Bloglovin, by the way!
Thanks for bringing this pin to my attention, Tam! I totally didn’t know Emeril repinned it!! Ahhh that’s crazy! :)
We’re huge peanut butter lovers in this house! My fiance would go crazy for these, so would I! They look like a dream, so I can imagine! Im getting married in three weeks…can’t wait to have to go through what you are to change my name! Ugh!
We are a family of peanut butter addicts so you KNOW we’ll be giving this one a try! Congrats on the new bed! You’ll think you guys are in two different counties!
I can’t wait to get a king size bed – so jealous!! I can’t believe you guys made it work on a full size all this time. Props! But beside that – I’m on a serious carb kick right now and I am devouring everything in site. My computer screen might be next if I don’t get a batch of these immediately. :)
These look really good!
Absolutely in love with these cookies, Julie! :)
a peanut butter filled cookie totally helps the stress of going through the process of a name change :-)
I’d have to make a double batch just so I could steal some away from my husband! Or just make them when he’s not around! ;)
Yumm! These kind of remind me of oatmeal creme pies…except with a peanut butter filling. The cookie portion looks like it’s a dream to bite into!