Your favorite sandwich is now a cookie in these PB & J Cookies, made with two peanut butter cookies, peanut buttercream frosting and jelly.
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Peanut Butter – Jelly!
Peanut Butter – Jelly!
Am I the only one who starts singing this when you think of a peanut butter & jelly sandwich!?! Well, today with these PB & J Cookies you are going to start singing all the time. They are so good!
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. And there you have it a simple favorite turned into the best PB & J Cookies. What could get better than that.
Now for the rest of the song:
“First you take the peanuts
And you crunch ’em,
You crunch ’em
First you take the peanuts
And you crunch ’em,
You crunch ’em
For your peanut, peanut butter
And jelly
Peanut, peanut butter
And jelly
Then you take the grapes
And you squish ’em,
You squish ’em
Then you take the grapes
And you squish ’em,
You squish ’em
For your peanut, peanut butter
And jelly
Peanut, peanut butter
And jelly
Then you take the *bread
And you spread it,
You spread it
Then you take the bread
And you spread it,
You spread it
For your peanut, peanut butter
And jelly
Peanut, peanut butter
And jelly
Then you take your *sandwich
And you eat it,
You eat it
Then you take your sandwich
And you eat it,
You eat it
‘Cause its good, peanut butter
And jelly
Good, peanut butter
And jelly”
First you take the peanuts
And you crunch ’em,
Then you take the grapes
And you squish ’em,
Then you take the bread
And you spread it,
Then you take your sandwich
And you eat it
‘Cause its good, peanut butter
And jelly
Good, peanut butter
And jelly!”
*Feel free to substitute cookie for bread and sandwich in the song.
PB&J Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter (softened)
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cups peanut buttercream frosting*
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup jam or jelly
Peanut Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks - softened)
- 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar (or a little less)
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large bowl cream together the shortening, butter, peanut butter, and sugars
- Add 1 egg at a time, mixing in between
- Stir in the vanilla extract
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda
- Add to the wet ingredients and stir together, scraping down the sides as needed
- Roll into 1 1/2 inch diameter balls, place on cookie sheet, flatten with crisscross fork markings
- Bake for 9 minutes
- Remove from oven and let cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes
- Remove to cooling rack to finish cooling
- Frost on the underside each cookie with peanut buttercream frosting
- Add 1 tsp of jelly to one cookie, top with another cookie
- Eat peanut butter and jelly cookies
Peanut Buttercream Frosting
- Cream together the butter and peanut butter until smooth
- Add the powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, beating on low in between each add
- Add the vanilla and beat on high for a couple of minutes until smooth
Don’t be surprised if you are licking your fingers after eating these peanut butter and jelly cookie favorites.
bblad says
I haven’t heard that song before! That’s fun. My kids would like it. This recipes looks so yummy! I love cookies and this is a fun twist!
Ellen Garrett says
Ha ha, it is a silly song. I hope you like the cookies. We all thought they were really yummy.