Cutler's Peanut Butter Cookies
 
 
Author:
Difficulty: Easy
Serves: 42 cookies
Ingredients
  • For the cookies:
  • 1 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 3¼ cups cake flour (again if using all purpose flour, start with ¼ cup less and check for stickiness)
  • 1- 12 oz bag Reese's Peanut Butter chips (no substitutions)
  • For the peanut butter frosting:
  • ½ cup butter, soft-room temperature
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ cup peanut butter (not natural)
  • milk to thin to proper consistency (whole milk is best)
  • For the chocolate frosting:
  • 1 cup butter or ½ and ½ blend butter/margarine
  • 5-6 cups powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa (or less if you like a lighter cocoa frosting)
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • ¼ to ⅓ cup milk
Instructions
  1. For the cookies:
  2. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and place rack in center of oven.
  3. Cream together butter, sugars, salt, baking soda and powder (TAC note: do this for about 4 minutes). Add vanilla and eggs. Mix well.
  4. Add flour and peanut butter chips. Mix just until flour and chips are blended together.
  5. Using a cookie scoop or ice cream scoop, or just a large spoon, scoop into 2 inch balls and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet about 4 inches apart.
  6. Bake for about 9-12 minutes, or until set.
  7. For the peanut butter frosting:
  8. Cream together room-temperature butter and powdered sugar. Add peanut butter and beat until smooth. Add milk a tablespoon at time, just until frosting is smooth and creamy. Set aside.
  9. For the chocolate frosting:
  10. Cream butter and 5 cups powdered sugar. Add cocoa and vanilla. Add milk a tablespoon at a time until frosting is smooth. If needed, add more powdered sugar.
  11. After cookies are cooled, frost with peanut butter frosting. Then frost on top of the peanut butter frosting with the chocolate frosting. When spreading the chocolate frosting on top of the peanut butter frosting, be very gentle and leave a small space between the edge of the peanut butter frosting and the chocolate frosting for a layered frosting look.
Recipe by The Amiable Cooks at https://theamiablecooks.com/cutlers-peanut-butter-cookies/