Have you heard the baking tip of grating butter? The allure is if you forgot to bring your butter to room temperature it does so quickly once it is grated and, or it will help with an even dispersal of butter in the finished product. I find this tip too tedious for the value it gives, but maybe I am missing something. I would rather just brave the possible liquid butter lava that I get while trying to soften it quickly in different ways!
As for these cookies at hand, they are an oatmeal cookie sandwich with a sweet peanut butter filling. And a pecan on top because I love decorating baked goods with pecans.
One of my friends told me these were “mind blowing.” My husband says he was not surprised someone would say that because they are like an “artisanal nutter butter.”
PEANUT BUTTER & PECAN COOKIE SANDWICHES
Makes 24 cookie sandwiches
3 cups flour
2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 and 1/2 cups butter, melted
2 cups brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
5 cups oats
24 pecan halves
2 cups peanut butter
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a stand mixer, stir together flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix in butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and eggs. Add oats and continue to mix.
Chill dough for 1-2 hours.
Shape into 1 and 1/2 inch balls and arrange on a line baking sheet. Place a pecan half on half of the cookie dough balls (or all.) Bake 10-12 minutes.
To make peanut butter filling, beat together peanut butter, butter, honey, and powdered sugar for three minutes. Assemble sandwiches with two cookies and a spoonful of peanut butter filling.
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 and ½ cups butter, melted
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 5 cups oats
- 24 pecan halves
- 2 cups peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup butter, softened
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a stand mixer, stir together flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix in butter, brown sugar, vanilla, and eggs. Add oats and continue to mix.
- Chill dough for 1-2 hours.
- Shape into 1 and ½ inch balls and arrange on a line baking sheet. Place a pecan half on half of the cookie dough balls (or all.) Bake 10-12 minutes.
- To make peanut butter filling, beat together peanut butter, butter, honey, and powdered sugar for three minutes. Assemble sandwiches with two cookies and a spoonful of peanut butter filling.
Have you heard the baking tip of grating butter? The allure is if you forgot to bring your butter to room temperature it does so quickly once it is grated and, or it will help with an even dispersal of butter in the finished product. I find this tip too tedious for the value it gives,
