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It’ Peanut Butter Jelly Time: The Most Amazing PBJ Cookies

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Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches conjure up really good memories for me.

Hot summer days playing outside…

Spending time with your neighbourhood friends…

Sitting under a picnic table and eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches…

Actually, that’s a total lie.

I’m Italian…I ate prosciutto and cheese sandwiches at the table where my mother could see me finish every last bite.

But, I would have loved to be a kids eating a PBJ sandwich under a table in the summer sun.  Maybe that’s why I play with food so much as an adult – ’cause I wasn’t allowed to play with it as a kid.

I guess I can blame my mother for my food issues, but I can also credit her with my creativity in the kitchen.

Thanks mom…love ya!

I know the weather isn’t cooperating (come on, summer, hurry up already!), but make yourself a batch of these.

It will remind you of being a kid – and on most days, that’s a pretty amazing feeling!

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Ingredients:

1 c flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 c peanut butter (creamy), divided

1/2 c butter (room temperature)

1 1/2 c granulated sugar

1/2 c brown sugar

2 eggs

1/2 c jam (strawberry is my fav and use homemade or get the best quality)

1/2 c icing sugar

3 tbsp milk

 

1.  Preheat oven to 350 and prepare your baking sheets with either parchment or Silpat mats.

2.  In a small bowl, combine flour and baking powder; set aside.

3.  In a mixing bowl, cream 1 1/2 c peanut butter, butter and both sugars; beat until smooth.

4.  Beat in eggs and mix until well combined.

5.  Stir in flour mixture and place in fridge for about 20 minutes.

6.  Using a small scoop (or a large tablespoon), scoop out balls and place 12 on each tray.

7.  Using the back of a wooden spoon (or a large round dowel or even your finger), make an indentation in the middle of each cookie.

8.  There will be a large “well” in the centre but it will flatten out as is cooks.

9.  Bake for about 10-13 minutes – the cookies should be golden.

10.  While the cookies cool, mix the icing sugar and the remaining 1/2 c peanut butter in a small bowl; add the milk slowly and incorporate.

11.  Put the icing into a Ziploc bag and snip the end like this (above).

12.  Dollop about 1 tsp of jam into the centre of each cookie and then drizzle the top with the icing (it will harden).

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You can just go ahead and enjoy them or you can make them into dessert – because, you know, a drizzled peanut butter and jelly cookie on it’s own just would be enough, right? 🙂