PB+J Cookies. Being that I used less dough per cookie, I had trouble sealing the peanut butter and jelly in, so I switched to make these like thumbprint cookies, and just used a piping bag to pipe the peanut butter and jelly into the little "well" in the center. The jelly center doesn't overwhelm the peanut butter cookie, which is nice. It actually balances out the flavor of the peanut butter cookie really well- just like a PB & J sandwich. This perfectly chewy peanut butter cookie has a little smack of jelly in the middle, and are perfectly soft and decadent. Dip half of each sandwich cookie into mixture.
Tips for the Best PB&J Cookies.
Stick with creamy peanut butter for best results.
Be sure to indent upon removing form the oven while cookies are still warm.
You can cook PB+J Cookies using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of PB+J Cookies
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup of plain flour.
- It's 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 3/4 cup of peanut butter (I used crunchy for more texture ).
- It's 4 oz of soften butter.
- You need 1/3 cup of light brown sugar.
- It's 1/3 cup of granulated sugar.
- You need 1 of egg.
- Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- You need 1/2 cup of jam/jelly (depending on where your from).
Let cool before adding jam or it will just soak into cookies. More Delicious Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes to Try. A playful nod to the classic sandwich, crowd-pleasing PB and J thumbprints are a cinch to make. Damaris rounds out a kid-friendly lunch menu with her PB and J Cookies.
PB+J Cookies instructions
- line a tray with baking paper and preheat the oven to 180°c/350°f.
- sieve flour, baking powder, bicarb and salt together.
- beat butter and peanut butter together. add both sugars and beat until creamy texture. add the egg and vanilla extract then combine.
- fold in the dry ingredients with the wet until all lumps are gone.
- using a teaspoon amount of mixture, divide up until all mixture on tray but spaced apart. use another lined tray if you need.
- bake in oven for ten minutes. remove and carefully press down the centre with the back of a teaspoon. put back in the oven for another 6-7 minutes until they are slightly golden on the edges. place in a wire rack to cool.
- while the cookies are cooling, warm the jam in a pan until loose and runny. carefully spoon the jam into the wells of the cookies and leave to cool until the jam has set.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper, set aside. In a large saucepan, place sugar, milk, and butter. PB & J Thumbprint Cookies are an irresistibly nutty twist on your classic Jam Thumbprints with protein-packed peanut butter in the dough! Jump to Recipe Well, today with these PB & J Cookies you are going to start singing all the time. I started with our basic peanut butter cookie recipe, added some really yummy peanut buttercream frosting to the underside of each cookie, a dollop of our favorite jelly, and smashed them together.