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Peanut Butter & Jelly Cookies

February 6, 2012 · by Ari · 6 Comments

You guys. You don’t even understand. I think this might be my favorite thing I have ever made. Ever. I would rather eat 1 of these than 10 full fat Paradise Bakery cookies. I took one bite and between the perfectly crunchy outside, softy doughy inside, and warm sweet jelly, I was pretty much in cookie heaven. I think this honey apple butter is pretty much the best butter substitute I have ever used. Thanks Carolyn!

I also made these start to finish in about half an hour. They were so easy. It was one of those rare baking times where everything just turns out the way you want it. Happy birthday to me!

Adapted from Pip & Ebby

Peanut Butter & Jelly Cookies

yield approx 16 cookies

  • 1/4 cup apple butter
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp turbinado sugar
  • 1 1/2 tbs unsweetened vanilla almond milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • dash salt
  • 3/4 cups white whole wheat flour
  • approx 8 tbsp jelly/jam of choice (I used reduced sugar grape, no sugar added blackberry, and fig butter and I loved all 3)
  • 2-3 tbs whole wheat graham cracker crumbs

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375.
  2. In a medium bowl, beat apple butter, peanut butter, sugars, almond milk and vanilla.
  3. Beat in baking soda and salt. Beat in flour until combined.
  4. Use a cookie scoop or sprayed tablespoon to drop cookies onto a large baking sheet.
  5. Using your thumb, press down into the center of each cookie dough ball. Fill each center with jelly of choice. Sprinkle all cookies with graham cracker crumbs
  6. Bake for 10 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes, then transfer to wire rack.

 

Filed Under: Cookies, Dessert · Tagged: baking, cookie, dessert, jelly, peanut butter, recipe, whole grain

Comments

  1. Michelle @ Our Dream, Made Out of Real Things says

    February 6, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    Now I definitely have to meet you so I can enjoy some of your delicious baked goods! Those look like they would just melt in your mouth 🙂

    Reply
  2. Carolyn says

    February 6, 2012 at 6:42 pm

    Never, ever should a lady have a bad cookie on her birthday! So glad these turned out perfect for you, they sound super yummy!

    Reply
  3. bethy says

    February 7, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    Probably my new favorite cookie! Amahhhzing!

    Reply
  4. Daniella @ FatBurningFurnace.com says

    February 15, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    I can tell you that these will definitely be my kids favorite cookies!! They love peanut butter and jelly so when they see it in a cookie – they will go nuts!! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Carly says

    December 13, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    Yum, these look great. Just one thing- it says turbinado sugar in ingredient list but Splenda in the directions

    Reply
    • Ari says

      December 16, 2015 at 2:53 pm

      Thanks Carly! I used to use a lot of fake sugars and I don’t anymore. I retested with turbinado and changed the ingredients, but I must have missed it in the instructions. Thanks for catching that!

      Reply

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