Thursday, December 30, 2010

Mrs Fields Peanut Butter Cream -Filled Cookies



       Yield: 36 servings

    1 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
    1/2 ts    Baking soda
    1/2 ts    Ground cinnamon
      1 c     Quick oats (not instant)
      1 c     Light brown sugar, firmly - packed
    1/2 c    Salted butter, softened
      1 lg    Egg
      1 ts    Pure vanilla extract

                     ------------filling---- -- ¥
    3/4 c  Smooth peanut butter
    1/4 c  Salted butter, softened
     2 tb   Half-and-half
      1 ts  Pure vanilla extract
 1 1/2 c  Confectioners sugar

    Preheat overn to 325-degrees F.      In medium bowl combine flour, soda,
  cinnamon and oats.  Mix well with   a whire whisk.  Set aside.      Cream
  sugar and butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer set at   medium
  speed.  Add the flour-oat mixture, and blend at low speed   until just
  combined.  Do not overmix.      Separate dough into two balls, flatten
  them into disks, and wrap each   tightly in plastic wrap or a plastic bag.
   Chill 1 hour.      On floured board using a floured rolling pin, roll out
  one disk to   1/4 inch thickness.  Cut cookies with a 2-inch round fluted
  cookie   cutter dipped in flour.  Repeat procedure with the second disk,
  reworking scraps until all the dough is used.  Bake cookies on   ungreased
  baking sheets 1/2 inch aprt for 13-15 minutes or until   bottoms turn
  light brown.  Transfer immediately to a cool, flat   surface with a
  spatula.     
  When cookies are cool, spread 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
  filling   on the bottom side of a cookies.  Top with another cookie-bottom
  side   toward the filling-to make a sandwich.  Repeat with the remaining
  cookies and filling      :    

  Yield: 3 1/2 dozen cookies.

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