Peanut Butter and Jam Cookies
- 12 cup plain flour
- 12 teaspoon baking powder
- 34 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 drops vanilla essence
- 14 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 34 cup caster sugar
- 14 cup soft light brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- strawberry jam
- 14 cup icing sugar, plus
- 2 tablespoons icing sugar
- 1 12 tablespoons milk
- 14 cup creamy peanut butter
- Pre-heat the oven to 180*C/350*F. Sift together the flour and baking powder and set aside.
- Blend together the peanut butter and the butter with you electric hand mixer, until fluffy and well combined.
- Add the caster sugar and the brown sugar and beat until smooth.
- Beat in the egg and vanilla.
- Stir in the flour mixture to combine.
- Shape TBS of the dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
- Press down a bit with your fingertips and then with your thumb, gently dent the centre of each cookie.
- Spoon about 1/2 tsp of the jam into these dents.
- Bake for about 12 minutes or until lightly golden and done.
- Remove from the oven and pan to cool on a wire rack.
- Beat together the 1/4 cup of peanut butter and the icing sugar.
- Beat in the milk a little at a time until it reaches a good consistency for piping.
- Place into a plastic sandwich bag and squish it all down into one corner.
- Snip of a tiny bit of the corner of the bag and pipe the frosting onto the cookies.
- Enjoy!
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/peanut-butter-and-jam-cookies-208011 (may not work)