Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies...aka Do-Si-Dos

Oh. My. Goodness. Sorry, Girl Scouts...but you don't have anything on these cookies! I can't believe how great these were! They have all the peanut buttery nutty nummy goodness as their Girl Scout cellophane wrapped counterparts...but without the additives to extend shelf life!

The oatmeal...the peanut butter frosting in the middle...these were almost too good! I think I ate 4 of them right from the oven not to mention all the cookie dough and frosting I ate while baking and assembling them too! Then I went and ran 5 miles...and ate another 3 cookies. Oops!

I found this recipe at Savory Sweet Life, who found it at Allrecipes.com. I really hope you enjoy them as much as I did...I even laminated the recipe to make sure it will always be at my beck and call come pot lucks, holiday get togethers, cookie mailings to my brother who is a Marine...whatever occasion may occur.

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

For the Cookies:

3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup quick cooking oats

For the Frosting:

3 tablespoons butter, softened
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
2 1/2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Using your mixer, add butter, peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla and mix together until creamy. Add egg and mix until incorporated.

Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt in another bowl. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir until combined. Add oatmeal and stir.

Using a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop, drop balls of dough on cookie sheet then cut them in half. Roll each half into a ball with your hands and place onto a non-stick cookie sheet and press down with the palm of your hand to make about 1/4" thick cookies.

Bake for 8-10 minutes or until cookies are very light brown.

For filling: Cream butter, confectioners' sugar, peanut butter and cream until nice and light and creamy. Fill a ziplock baggie with filling and cut about a 1/2" off one corner to make an easy cheap pastry bag for yourself. Squeeze frosting onto half the cookies and sandwich together with the other half.

Enjoy!