Ingredients

  • FOR THE PEANUT BUTTER DOUGH:
  • 1 whole Egg
  • 3/4 cups Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 cup Peanut Butter
  • 2 Tablespoons Milk
  • 2 Tablespoons All-purpose Flour
  • 1/4 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1/4 teaspoons Salt
  • FOR THE CHOCOLATE DOUGH:
  • 1 whole Egg
  • 1/2 cups White Sugar
  • 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
  • 10 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, At Room Temperature
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 Tablespoon Milk
  • 1 cup All-purpose Flour
  • 1/2 cups Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoons Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • Sea Salt For Sprinkling
  • FOR THE FILLING:
  • 1/2 cups Confectioners Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Milk
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1/2 cups Peanut Butter

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F.
  • For the peanut butter dough:
  • In a large bowl using a mixer, cream the egg, sugar, vanilla, peanut butter and milk until smooth. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt and fold it into the peanut butter mixture. Set aside.
  • For the chocolate dough:
  • In a large bowl using a mixer, cream the egg, sugars, butter, vanilla and milk. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking soda. Fold into the butter mixture until well combined.
  • Using a scoop (1 - 1 1/4 ounce size) grab about a third scoop full of the peanut butter dough and then fill it the rest of the way with chocolate dough. Don't worry if it's not exact. Drop the scoops onto a baking sheet that you've lined with parchment paper and keep them spaced a few inches apart to allow space for them to spread. Sprinkle a touch of sea salt on top of each scoop, if desired.
  • Bake for 10 minutes then remove them from the oven and allow them to cool before removing them from the baking sheet. I used two baking sheets and alternated them in the oven.
  • While the cookies are cooling, make the filling by whisking together the confectioners' sugar and milk. Mix in the salt and peanut butter until smooth.
  • When the cookies have cooled, spread about a heaping teaspoon of filling on the bottom side of half of them and top with the other half of the cookies. This recipe should yield approximately 2 dozen cookies which will make a dozen sandwich cookies.