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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on April 24, 2011

Time

15 minutes

Yield

Makes about 30

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Ingredients

1 Chocolate Icebox Cookies Chocolate Icebox Cookies 1 cup smooth peanut butter 4 tablespoons softened butter 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar

Before You Begin

The filling has a good peanut butter and chocolate flavor and will hold its shape once cooled to room temperature.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the dough for Chocolate Icebox Cookies as directed. Cut the cookies into 1/8-inch-thick rounds and reduce baking time by a minute or two. Cool the cookies completely. (The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days.)
  2. Beat peanut butter with butter and confectioners' sugar until fluffy.
  3. Following the illustrations below, fill the cookies with the chocolate mixture. Serve within 2 hours.
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

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Time

15 minutes

Yield

Makes about 30

Ingredients

1 Chocolate Icebox Cookies Chocolate Icebox Cookies
1 cup smooth peanut butter
4 tablespoons softened butter
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar

Test Kitchen Techniques

Ingredients

1 Chocolate Icebox Cookies Chocolate Icebox Cookies
1 cup smooth peanut butter
4 tablespoons softened butter
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar

Test Kitchen Techniques

Ingredients

1 Chocolate Icebox Cookies Chocolate Icebox Cookies
1 cup smooth peanut butter
4 tablespoons softened butter
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar

Test Kitchen Techniques

Why This Recipe Works

Chocolate icebox cookies were our favorites for use in our peanut butter sandwich cookie recipe—they have a texture that is tender yet sturdy and a deep, chocolaty flavor. Additionally, because they are sliced from a log of dough, the cookies in a single batch bake up with a uniform shape and size so that the cookies match up and make attractive sandwiches. For the peanut butter filling for our chocolate sandwich cookies recipe, we liked a simple mixture of peanut butter, butter, and confectioners sugar—it had a perfect texture for spooning onto the cookies and was firm enough that it didn’t ooze when a cookie was bitten into.

Before You Begin

The filling has a good peanut butter and chocolate flavor and will hold its shape once cooled to room temperature.

Instructions

  1. Prepare the dough for Chocolate Icebox Cookies as directed. Cut the cookies into 1/8-inch-thick rounds and reduce baking time by a minute or two. Cool the cookies completely. (The cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days.)
  2. Beat peanut butter with butter and confectioners' sugar until fluffy.
  3. Following the illustrations below, fill the cookies with the chocolate mixture. Serve within 2 hours.

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