Peanut Butter Cookie Moon Pies
- 2 1/4 cups Silvanas Kitchen Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (12 tablespoons), at room temperature
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup marshmallow creme
- 1 1/2 pounds milk chocolate, chopped
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, whisk the flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle, cream the butter with the peanut butter, sugar and molasses at medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add the egg and vanilla and beat at low speed to combine.
- Add the flour mixture and beat at low speed to combine.
- Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces and wrap in plastic wrap.
- Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes.
- Roll out each piece of chilled dough to about 1/4 inch thick.
- Using a 2-inch round cutter, stamp out rounds and arrange them 1/2 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets; roll and stamp out the dough scraps.
- Freeze the rounds for about 15 minutes.
- Bake the rounds for about 10 minutes, shifting the pans halfway through baking, until the cookies are firm around the edges.
- Let the cookies cool slightly on the baking sheets, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
- Spoon about 1 tablespoon marshmallow creme onto 30 of the flat sides of the cookies, then gently sandwich with the remaining cookies.
- Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place two-thirds of the chocolate into a bowl over a deep skillet of boiling water.
- Melt the chocolate to 115 degrees and remove from the heat.
- Stir in the remaining one-third of the chocolate and let stand for 5 minutes; stir to combine.
- Let the chocolate cool to 90 degrees .
- Submerge each cookie sandwich in the melted chocolate and turn to coat, shaking off any excess; reheat the chocolate to 90 degrees as needed.
- Transfer the moon pies to parchment paper and let set for at least 1 hour before serving.
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Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/peanut-butter-cookie-moon-pies (may not work)