Peanut butter nirvana.

[bluesilverkdg]

Last weekend I went to a housewarming party at tnrkitect's house. His wife had made these amazing peanut butter sandwich cookies, and I meant to get the recipe for them. She'd told me that the filling was cream cheese, powdered sugar and peanut butter, but I wasn't sure of increments. So when I got home, I just googled until I found something that looked

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[mpurple]

kimmy, i wish you lived in seattle. or at least somewhere around the west coast... or at least a direct flight away from seattle. ;)

i'll post the pictures of the scores of s'mores we'll make today! ;))

[bluesilverkdg]

Yes, please do!

And these cookies are easy enough that you could make them yourself! You don't need me. :-(

[mpurple]

yeah, i could make cookies myself... but yours sound like much more fun!!!! ;))

[bluesilverkdg]

You're just jealous of my Doughboy.

[samuraigrrrl]

the basic cookies there sound like what we call "arkansas travelers". they are possibly my favorite cookie in the world already. if i make this with the filling you've just posted, i will probably weigh 300 pounds in like a month. :P i might wait until the holidays to try this out, you know, since one can justify such things on account of "the holidays". wait, september has a holiday... hehe. you rule/i hate you. :)

[bluesilverkdg]

Urrgggh...with my knee and back giving me issues, I've not been exercising as much as normal. And I'm eating stuff like this. So I hear ya. Must get back into the physical activities.

The cookies are very good, I've gotta say. But I think my all-time favorite cookie has to be the Snickerdoodle. If I ever thought of a filling that I could put between them, I'd never leave the house.

September does have a holiday! You're welcome. ;-)

[darcyzero]

oh my gosh.

these are sooooo not weight watchers friendly. jesus h christ.

[bluesilverkdg]

Well, you could make some modifications. I actually used 1/3 less fat cream cheese. And I would imagine you could use reduced fat peanut butter, although peanut butter is kinda healthy anyway. (OK, maybe not so much when mixed with cream cheese and powdered sugar. But let's pretend.)

Even so, if you just made a small batch and only had one of them, it would be a nice treat. They're quite dense and filling, so one is pretty much enough to satisfy a sweet tooth. You need to splurge every once in a while!

[darcyzero]

Oh yeah, I'll totally splurge. I could use fat free cream cheese and make some other modifications that wouldn't be so bad. I'm gonna totally try it!

[tnrkitect]

Here are the links to the recipes that Jessica used:

For the cookies: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1714617

For the filling: http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1714618

She adds this:

"Note: I just add powdered sugar to the filling until it tastes right to me. I like to chill the filling and then put it in between two warm cookies. If I have to prepare them ahead of time (like for the open house) I just chill the filling while the cookies cool, then I make them into sandwiches and chill them in the fridge."

So, feel free to modify / use as you will.

[bluesilverkdg]

I actually did the same thing...refrigerated the filling first, and then kept them in the fridge afterwards. I had them on the car seat taking them to my dad, and the sun was blazing in on them, so they sorta melted in those circumstances. But otherwise, they're indescribably yummy.

The recipes seem similar enough, and they've gotten a good response, so I'll take that as I did OK! :-) Thank Jessica for introducing me to them.

[angline]

Thanks Kim!! I have been looking for a new recipe to try!! You are great*)*

[bluesilverkdg]

Let me know if you try it, and what you think!