Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies warm and soft straight from your oven.

We’re making Homemade Nutter Butters…sure you can pick up a package of these favorite peanut butter cookies at the store, but are they soft and warm from your oven? I didn’t think so. See, now you have to make them! The peanut butter frosting is so simple to mix up, and warning…you might want to eat it all with a spoon, but hold the urge and make these cutest ever little Nutter Butter cookies. We made a fun little video so you can see them in action!

What you need to make Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies:

sugar
peanut butter
egg

For the Filling:

butter
peanut butter
powdered sugar
milk

How to make Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies:

Preheat: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Make the cookie dough: Stir the cookie ingredients together until smooth. Scoop out 1 inch balls of cookie dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
Roll in sugar: Roll the cookie dough in sugar (this is optional).
Add the classic Peanut Butter Cookie Criss Cross Pattern: It’s so easy to add the criss cross pattern to the top of each cookie. Here’s how: Press down with the back of a fork and then press again from the opposite direction, to make the criss-cross pattern on top of each cookie.
Make the Classic Nutter Butter Shape: To make the cookie dough into the shape of a Nutter Butter cookie, form the 1-inch cookie dough balls into a log shape. You can use less cookie dough to make them smaller if you prefer. Make the crisscross pattern with a fork, and finish by pinching in the center on both sides of each cookie before baking.
Bake: Bake for 12 minutes and then let cool on the tray for 1-2 more minutes.

For the Filling:

Combine the butter and peanut butter: Beat together the butter and peanut butter in a big bowl with a hand mixer together until smooth.
Add the powdered sugar: Slowly add in your powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
Add the milk: Add the milk, one tablespoon at a time until the desired consistency is reached.
Frost and enjoy: After the cookies have cooled a bit, you can add the frosting. Spread a tablespoon of the filling (frosting) onto the bottom side of one of the cookies and then top with another cookie to create a cookie sandwich…a nutter butter sandwich! Enjoy!

How to store Homemade Nutter Butters:

Store these nutter butters in an airtight container for up to one week. They taste great at room temperature. You can freeze these too. They will last up to 3 months in the freezer.

Three ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies:

These peanut butter cookies don’t get any easier…only three ingredients. Yep…it’s a dangerous thing when you only need three ingredients to make peanut butter cookies. Now you’re wishing I didn’t tell you. Sorry…not sorry.

Best way to scoop cookie dough:

Do you have these awesome stainless steel ice cream scoops? They’re my favorite! Ice cream style scoops make scooping cookie dough a breeze. Also don’t forget pre-cut parchment paper sheets. They fit the half size sheet pans perfectly and make easy cleanup.

Homemade Vs. Store Bought Nutter Butters:

Why go through the hassle of making homemade Nutter Butters? It is night and day how much better this homemade version is to the store bought version. They are soft, and filled with real creamy peanut butter. Once you make these, you will never want to buy them from the store again! That said…If you love the store bought Nutter Butter Cookies, you’ll love this creative list of 25+ Creative Nutter Butter Ideas. Fun ways to decorate the store bought version.

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Homemade Nutter Butters

Warm and soft peanut butter sandwich cookies.

Servings 6 sandwich cookies

Author Kami | NoBiggie.net

Ingredients

For the Cookies:

1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 egg

For the Filling:

1/4 cup butter room temperature
1/4 cup peanut butter room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

For the Cookies:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Stir the cookie ingredients together until smooth. Scoop out 1 inch balls of cookie dough onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Press down with the back of a fork and then press again from the opposite direction, to make the criss-cross pattern on top of each cookie.
To make the cookie dough into the shape of a Nutter Butter cookie, form the cookie dough ball into a log shape.
Roll the cookie dough in sugar (optional).
Press down with the back of a fork and then press again from the opposite direction, to make the criss-cross pattern on top of each cookie. Finish by pinching in both sides of each cookie before baking.
Bake for 12 minutes and then let cool on the tray for 1-2 more minutes.

For the Cookie Filling:

Beat the butter and peanut butter in a big bowl with a hand mixer together until smooth.
Slowly add in your powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
Add the milk, one tablespoon at a time until the desired consistency is reached.
Spread a tablespoon of the filling onto the bottom side of one of the cookies and then top with another cookie to create a cookie sandwich…a nutter butter sandwich! Enjoy!

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