Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies with Honey-Cinnamon Filling

Name: Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies with Honey-Cinnamon Filling
Yield: Makes 24 cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups (6 1/4 ounces) raw, peanuts, toasted and cooled; 3/4 cup (3 3/4 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1/2 cup, creamy peanut butter; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces), granulated sugar; 1/2 cup packed (3 1/2 ounces), light brown sugar; 3 tablespoons, whole milk; 1 large, egg; 3/4 cup creamy, peanut butter; 5 tablespoons, honey; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1 cup (4 ounces), confectioners' sugar

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2012

Desserts or Baked Goods

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SERVESMakes 24 cookies

TIME2 hours, plus 1 hour setting

Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies with Honey-Cinnamon Filling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Peanut butter flavor molecules can be trapped by flour in baked applications, so we ratcheted up the flavor’s intensity by sandwiching an uncooked peanut butter filling between our cookies. Adding a full cup of confectioners’ sugar to the f...

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