peanut butter oreos

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Recipe byKendra_Jo_Hagert

Categories:
- Cookie

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Ingredients:

For the cookies:
1¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup unsweetened Dutch process cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
1 cups sugar
10 tbsp. (1¼ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 large egg
¼ tsp vanilla extract
For the filling:
4 tbsp. (¼ cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
¼ cup vegetable shortening
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
2 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 375˚ F. Line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.
In a bowl of an electric mixer, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Mix briefly on medium speed to combine. Add the butter to the bowl and mix briefly to incorporate. Add in the egg and vanilla extract. Mix until the dough forms a cohesive mass.
Using a small cookie scoop, scoop batter onto the baking sheet, spacing the balls of dough a couple of inches apart. With moistened fingers, gently press down on the dough balls to flatten just slightly.
Bake for 9-11 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through baking. Transfer the baking sheets to a wire rack and let cool completely until the cookies are firm and set. Be sure the cookies are completely cooled before filling.
To make the filling – Combine the butter, shortening and peanut butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on medium-high speed until smooth. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the confectioners’ sugar to the bowl mixing until just incorporated. Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Blend in the vanilla extract.
To assemble the cookies, pair them up by size. Use a pastry bag fitted with a plain round tip to pipe a swirl of filling onto the flat side of one cookie of each pair. If you don’t own a pastry bag, you can use a small offset spatula or a butter knife to spread the filling onto each cookie. Sandwich together with the remaining cookie and press down so that the filling reaches the edges. Dunk a cookie in a glass of milk… Don’t stare at it… Eat it!