Maple Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Soft maple cookies sandwiched between maple flavored peanut butter makes these Maple Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies the best cookies for any peanut butter and maple syrup fan. 

Maple Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies #CookieWeek from The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen

 

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Let’s talk peanut butter.  You really can’t have a celebration of cookies without the humble peanut butter cookie.  Everyone has their favorite way of making it.  Some go flourless, some top theirs with a chocolate kiss, others might make it chunky with chopped nuts or sandwich it with more peanut butter for extra peanut flavor.

Me? I like prefer them soft and a lot of peanut butter flavor but today we are going in another direction for the peanut butter cookies.

You see, I had this jar of Mighty Maple from Peanut Butter & Co. sitting in my pantry and I finally got around to opening it up one hungry and peanut butter crazed need one afternoon.  You guys, seriously, you need this peanut butter in your life.  There are flavored peanut butters out there and then there is this.  The peanut butter is swirled with pure maple syrup and I don’t know if it was my jar or if it’s what happens when maple syrup meets peanut butter but there were little crunchy granules and it was awesome.  It took every bit of effort to put that jar away, mostly because I knew cookies had to be made with this peanut butter.

My mind started working instantly and a maple syrup cookie came to mind with a thick spread of mighty maple in the center.  There’s no need to doctor it up, no need to make a frosting, the peanut butter is that good.

Maple Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies - The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen

 

Maple Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
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Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
  • 1 large egg + 1 large egg yolk, room temperature
  • 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • 1 cup maple peanut butter, such as Mighty Maple

Instructions

  1. Heat your oven to 350 degrees F. and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or a silpat.
  2. In a medium bowl coming the flour, baking soda and salt.
  3. In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the butter and sugar on medium speed until combined for about 1 minute. Mix in the eggs, one at a time and then the maple syrup. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
  4. Stir in the flour on medium-low speed in 2 parts. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl again to make sure the flour is completely incorporated.
  5. Using a cookie scoop, scoop the cookies out on your prepared baking sheet with about 1 inch between each other and bake for 9 minutes.
  6. Let cool for 1 minute on the sheet before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.
  7. Once completely cool, spread about 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons of Might Maple on the bottom half of one cookie and top with another. Proceed until all the cookies are sandwiched.
  8. Store in an airtight container for about 1 week.
Recipe Type: Cookie, dessert
https://girlinthelittleredkitchen.com/2014/11/maple-peanut-butter-sandwich-cookies/

Speaking of Peanut Butter & Co. they happen to be one of the sponsors of our great giveaway.  Why don’t we take a look at those prizes again!

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Let’s see what’s baking up in the oven today:

Maple Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies from The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen

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10 thoughts on “Maple Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

  1. Lori @ Foxes Love Lemons

    I’m with you – soft peanut butter cookies are the way to go. Those crispy ones have no place in my heart. I’ve never considered making pb cookies with flavored peanut butter but now I CAN’T WAIT to try this! I owe some cookies to our next football tailgate, so I’ll have to seek out a jar of maple peanut butter! Thanks for this awesome idea.

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