#flowertherapy might be right up there with #water #flowertherapy might be right up there with #watertherapy.  Love passing the time in secret wildflower patches. As you do. 🌸
I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon was on the way home tonight, and my friend pulled over right away so I could grab a photo. That’s when someone really knows you! It was just too beautiful to resist. 🌙
Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ C Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ 
Context: 1/ picture perfect weekend, 2/ threw together a quick meal w udon noodles, steak and broccoli, so good, 3/ the sun reflections on this painting struck me today, looked like a cross 4/ it takes all afternoon but nothing like Sunday Gravy, 5/ six months old, 6/ when he wants some serious zzzz’s, he covers his eye with his ears, the cutest, 7/ breakfast pastries at @coniglios
I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New Jersey banned the plastic ones last year. But when I spied this beauty for a buck, how could I resist? It just is so darn happy, which makes me happy. The little things aren’t so little. 💛
Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged photo, but Lola just has ZERO boundaries and Clifford is exceptionally patient. 😂
I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s so good for you), so when I saw that a local patisserie has a smoked salmon croissant available (weekends only), I added it to my list of things to seek out. I popped into @chocolatinenj early on Mother’s Day and was rewarded with this deliciousness. Layers of soft flaky croissant dough, tender smoked salmon, light whipped cream, thinly sliced red and green onion slivers and dotted with capers… it was every bit as amazing as you’d imagine it would be. If you’re local, don’t sleep on this one. 😋
Weekend photos in review, the belated edition. 1/ Weekend photos in review, the belated edition.

1/ hit up a few yard sales and snagged this beautiful pasta dish from Italy with my favorite color for a buck, 2/ and one of these printer trays came home with me too, 3/ pre Mother’s Day celebrations with 30 local moms, 4/ finished the weekend supervising furniture assembly
Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd bir Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd birthday. Unfortunately she’s not here to celebrate because she died suddenly at age 49. I think of her often … every Mother’s Day because we spent most of them together since her husband worked weekends … when I discover a new food adventure (we once did a day long donut crawl) … when I’m sharing a special time with my kids knowing that her then-11 year old is growing up without her. Before she passed, I always appreciated every day, but since then, even more so. You never know what the next day can bring, so relish in the sunshine, surprise rainstorms, making wishes over railroad tracks and all the wonderful randomness life can throw your way. Don’t waste a single second, say yes, live on the outskirts of your comfort zone, laugh often, tell people you love them, give eight second hugs, and squeeze every ounce of joy you can out of life. Do it for the people who can’t. ✨
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Peanut Butter Cream Sandwich Cookies

July 9, 2009 · Narrative

PB Cookies

OMG, don’t you just want to lick your screen? I know I do. What I’d really like to do is head downstairs to the kitchen and snack on one of these babies while I tell you about them, but I can’t. They’re all gone.

I had pulled this recipe out of my to-try pile a few weeks back, putting it more towards the top of the pile because I thought it would be a good recipe for Nick to make (and eat!). A friend mentioned recently that he is partial to sweets that have peanut butter in them, so I remembered this recipe and finally got Nick busy baking.

The recipe comes from the November 2008 issue of Better Homes & Garden magazine.  The cookie part is your basic criss-crossed fork tine peanut butter cookie recipe, nothing out of the ordinary there.  But smack two of them together with some creamy peanut butter filling in between and you have a whole different animal.

The farmer’s market that we go to has a bakery that sells their goods there and they make a Nutter Butter cookie that is to-die-for.  I mean, honestly, it illicits moans with the very first bite.  Their cookie is much flakier, lighter and has oats in it.  This filling could definitely pass for what they use, so I’m on a mission (all in the name of research for you guys!) to find a recipe to recreate the cookie part.  This isn’t it, but still delicious nonetheless.

PB Cookies Take 2

People’s tastebuds always interest me.  More so in how different they can be.  I took a plate of these to the office, and they were gone the same day.  I think that might be the fastest something has disappeared from there.  But the peanut-butter loving friend’s feedback?  He said they were good, but rich.  I don’t know if rich is the word I would use to describe these, but you definitely have to like peanut butter.  I mean, really,  two peanut butter cookies sandwiching a layer of peanut butter cream, there’s no getting away from it.  But as long as you’re a pb fan, you’re golden.  Nice crunch to the cookie, creaminess from the inside, just all around good.  Happy munching!

Peanut Butter Cream Sandwich Cookies
Recipe courtesy of November 2008

  • 1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1  tsp. baking soda
  • 1/8  tsp. salt
  • 1-1/4  cups all-purpose flour
  • Granulated sugar
  • 1  recipe Peanut Cream Filling, below

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In bowl beat peanut butter and shortening with electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add brown sugar, egg and vanilla. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl. Beat in baking soda, salt, and as much flour as you can. Stir in any remaining flour.

2. Form dough into balls, using a level teaspoon each. Place 1-1/2 inches apart on ungreased or parchment-lined baking sheets. Flatten by making crisscross marks with tines of fork dipped in sugar.

3. Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool on baking sheet 1 minute. Transfer to wire rack; cool.

4. Spread one teaspoon Peanut Cream Filling on flat side of half of cookies. Top with remaining cookies. Store in airtight container at room temperature up to 3 days. Freeze unfilled cookies up to 1 month. Makes about 4 dozen sandwich cookies.

Peanut Cream Filling:In medium bowl whisk together 3/4 cup chunky peanut butter, 3/4 cup marshmallow creme, 3 tablespoons milk, 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon; and 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin (I confess I skipped the cumin.  Just couldn’t bring myself to add it). Gradually whisk in 3 tablespoons powdered sugar.

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Comments

  1. Starnesfam says

    July 9, 2009 at 11:19 pm

    How decadent! I can’t wait. May try them this weekend.

    Reply
  2. chris says

    July 10, 2009 at 8:12 am

    2 words for you. CARE PACKAGE

    Reply
  3. Cathy says

    July 10, 2009 at 8:58 am

    Hubby and his best friend love peanut butter cookies…..so much so that when S sees me haul out the kitchen aid, flour and pb he quickly texts his friend that the cookies are imminent. I’ll have to try these ones on them next.

    Reply
  4. Joanne says

    July 10, 2009 at 10:32 am

    I am a PB addict! I am SO making these.

    Reply
  5. Marta says

    July 10, 2009 at 10:58 am

    Oh wow! I’m a PB fan, so richness wouldn’t be a problem for me, it’d be an asset. These looks fantastic. The cooki looks really nice and crumbly… but those crumbs would be held together by the delicious cream and neatly be brought to your mouth. Delicious!
    I’m glad you skipped the cumin! I’d probably replace it with ginger.

    Reply
  6. Cate says

    July 10, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Chris – did you get the last care package?

    Reply
  7. Sara @ Our Best Bites says

    July 10, 2009 at 11:03 am

    I make something similar and I can only make them about once a year because I go crazy and can’t stop myself from eating them! Yours look amazing, in fact- yes, crap. I did just lick my screen. Doh! ;)

    Reply
  8. Ramona says

    July 10, 2009 at 11:25 am

    I always go for the PB cookie over anything else. I love them. The FM cookie sounds good. Nutter Butter’s are one of my favorite store bought cookies.

    Post if you find a FM cookie that goes with the filling.

    Ramona

    Reply
  9. Lynda says

    July 10, 2009 at 11:42 am

    Oh, these look so decadent, which is a good thing! : )
    My daughter and I must try these as we both love PB!

    Reply
  10. Deborah says

    July 10, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    Yes – I do want to lick the screen! These look incredibly delicious!

    Reply
  11. Lauren B says

    July 10, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    WOW, I might try to degluten these. They look THAT good. Found you on Tastespotting! That creme filling… :O

    Reply
  12. Sarah Caron says

    July 10, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    Oh my goodness, the way you described them to me earlier in the week didn’t begin to do them justice. Those look sooo delish. Totally droolishious.

    Reply
  13. Talita says

    July 10, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    Yummy!! Those cookies look delicious! Filled with peanut butter sounds amazing!

    Reply
  14. Jenn says

    July 10, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    OMG I am STILL drooling over those cookies – looking at them makes me want to go to the store right now to buy some marshmallow creme just to make those cookies!

    Reply
  15. Christiane says

    July 10, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    I’m not a PB fan, but I think I actually have to give these a try since they look so friggin’ awesome!

    Reply
  16. Patsy Kreitman says

    July 10, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    yep, I’d love a whole plateful of those cookies right now… YUM!

    Reply
  17. Claire says

    July 10, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    Yum! That looks so good. I love me some peanutbutter!

    Reply
  18. Jess says

    July 11, 2009 at 10:20 pm

    I could eat PB cookies every day of the week! Yes, I almost licked the screen…in fact I think that I drooled on the keyboard.

    Reply
  19. Katrina says

    July 12, 2009 at 12:17 am

    Lick the screen, bite the screen, whatever it takes. Those do look de-lish! And your Wed. photo is too cute!

    Reply
  20. Cynthia says

    July 12, 2009 at 3:44 am

    You make me want to bake!

    Reply
  21. Laura says

    July 12, 2009 at 7:55 pm

    OMG ….THESE LOOK DELISH!

    Reply
  22. maris says

    July 12, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    I was on a plane this morning and therre was a family across the aisle giving the kids Nutter Butters (the kids were SO loud but they turned out to be adorable so you couldn’t help but smile – and I’m pretty certain their parents had them on a sugar high). I’m not a fan of Nutter Butters but these looked good and yours look even better!

    Reply
  23. ttfn300 says

    July 13, 2009 at 9:56 am

    i LOVE pb, so these certainly made me drool :)

    Reply
  24. pamela says

    July 19, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    Oh, yeah…these definitely are going into my “to try” pile! Fabulous.

    Reply
  25. mandy says

    July 23, 2009 at 8:41 am

    I have a weakness for all things peanut butter!

    Reply
  26. Meg says

    July 28, 2009 at 9:30 am

    Absolutely want to lick my screen… gah! Those look incredible!

    Reply
  27. linda says

    August 1, 2009 at 1:15 pm

    these are the best cookie ever! do add the cumin oh my so very tasty it works well the other ingred. especially w/the cinnamon. Thank you for this recipe.

    Reply
  28. Bryn Adamson says

    March 12, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    This is totally my favorite PB recipe and I am soo tickled to find it here, because it has become LOST in my unmanagable pile of recipes and I could NOT remember what besides the cinnimmon to put in the filling. DO NOT leave out the cumin! It’s the most divine filling EVER… make extra and dip graham crackers in it! OR your finger!

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I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon was on the way home tonight, and my friend pulled over right away so I could grab a photo. That’s when someone really knows you! It was just too beautiful to resist. 🌙
Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ C Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ 
Context: 1/ picture perfect weekend, 2/ threw together a quick meal w udon noodles, steak and broccoli, so good, 3/ the sun reflections on this painting struck me today, looked like a cross 4/ it takes all afternoon but nothing like Sunday Gravy, 5/ six months old, 6/ when he wants some serious zzzz’s, he covers his eye with his ears, the cutest, 7/ breakfast pastries at @coniglios
I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New Jersey banned the plastic ones last year. But when I spied this beauty for a buck, how could I resist? It just is so darn happy, which makes me happy. The little things aren’t so little. 💛
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I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s so good for you), so when I saw that a local patisserie has a smoked salmon croissant available (weekends only), I added it to my list of things to seek out. I popped into @chocolatinenj early on Mother’s Day and was rewarded with this deliciousness. Layers of soft flaky croissant dough, tender smoked salmon, light whipped cream, thinly sliced red and green onion slivers and dotted with capers… it was every bit as amazing as you’d imagine it would be. If you’re local, don’t sleep on this one. 😋
Weekend photos in review, the belated edition. 1/ Weekend photos in review, the belated edition.

1/ hit up a few yard sales and snagged this beautiful pasta dish from Italy with my favorite color for a buck, 2/ and one of these printer trays came home with me too, 3/ pre Mother’s Day celebrations with 30 local moms, 4/ finished the weekend supervising furniture assembly
Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd bir Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd birthday. Unfortunately she’s not here to celebrate because she died suddenly at age 49. I think of her often … every Mother’s Day because we spent most of them together since her husband worked weekends … when I discover a new food adventure (we once did a day long donut crawl) … when I’m sharing a special time with my kids knowing that her then-11 year old is growing up without her. Before she passed, I always appreciated every day, but since then, even more so. You never know what the next day can bring, so relish in the sunshine, surprise rainstorms, making wishes over railroad tracks and all the wonderful randomness life can throw your way. Don’t waste a single second, say yes, live on the outskirts of your comfort zone, laugh often, tell people you love them, give eight second hugs, and squeeze every ounce of joy you can out of life. Do it for the people who can’t. ✨

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