Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Name: Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
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; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 cup (4 ounces), confectioners' sugar

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2012, America's Test Kitchen TV

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We wanted a cookie so packed with peanut flavor that it needed no crosshatch to identify it.

SERVESMakes 24 cookies

TIME1½ hours,plus 1 hour cooling, and 1 hour setting

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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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