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    Home » Amish Cookies

    Mennonite Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

    Published: Jul 7, 2020 · Updated: Oct 1, 2020 by Kevin Williams | 2 Comments

    By Kevin Williams

    This is a recipe I found myself wishing I hadn't made....no, not because it's not tasty, but because it IS....man, these are good but now I find myself with a plate of these to eat.  Giving away food during a pandemic isn't so easy, so, yeah, I'll end up eating these. And I am sure my girls and wife will pitch in also.   These are an easy, classic peanut butter cookie with a chocolatey sauce smashed between them.  These are not whoopie pies in the classic sense because whoopie pies tend towards fluffier, cake-like cookies, whereas these are denser.

    My girls are bored a lot during this pandemic so baking is one way which can pass time in a fun way.  But a messy way.  So, here are some scenes from our baking

    These are good!

    You need a good, creamy peanut butter

    Farm fresh eggs...

    the oats add a nice texture to the cookie

    Aster stirs it all up

    peanut butter cookies fresh out of the oven

    adding the filling

    press the cookies together....

    A plate full of cookies!

    Beatrice enjoyed it!

    Baking with kids is always a challenge.  The recipe calls for two eggs and each girl wanted to crack an egg.  I always have them crack an egg into a separate cup so that if something goes wrong, it doesn't mess up the whole bowl of ingredients.  This time I saw a couple shells go into the couple after Beatrice cracker her egg and I then spent a few minutes searching -unsuccessfully - for the shell.  So I put the eggs into a colander and strained out the good stuff and, voila, we found shells.  I'm always battling butter in these recipes.   You can't just stir in a stick of rock, hard cold butter, but if you melt it, you'll throw off the chemistry of the baking.  I usually  split the difference and soften the butter in the microwave but I'm never fully satisfied with that outcome.

    Mennonite Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
     
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    Ingredients
    • 1 c peanut butter
    • ½ cup quick cookie oats
    • ¼ cup honey
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 c shortening
    • 3 c all purpose flour
    • 1 c brown sugar, firmly packed
    • 1 c granulated sugar
    • 2 teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • FILLING:
    • 1 cup of confectioners sugar
    • ½ cup of chocolate syrup
    • 2 tablespoons peanut butter
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    Instructions
    1. In large mixing bowl, combine everything well. Mix well. Chill dough for 1 hour in the fridge.
    2. Preheat oven to 375F. Place 1 large tablespoon of cookie dough 1 inch apart and flatten with a fork. Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool slightly and remove from pan. Cool on a cookie rack.
    3. Mix filling until smooth consistency and then put two tablespoons on the flat side of a cookie and then press a cookie on top.
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    1. Susan Knox

      July 07, 2020 at 8:47 pm

      The picture shows old fashioned oats, but the recipe calls for quick cooking oats. Which is it?

      Reply
      • Kevin

        July 07, 2020 at 11:15 pm

        I'm not sure it'd make a lot of difference either way, but good eye, I used old-fashioned....

        Reply

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