Recipe - Mrs. Fields Peanut Butter Cream -Filled Cookie

COOKIES
1 One half cup Allpurpose flour
One half teaspoon Baking soda
One half teaspoon Ground cinnamon
1 cup Quick oats (NOT instant)
1 cup Light brown sugar, firmly
packed
One half cup Salted butter, softened
1 lg Egg
1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract

FILLING
Three fourths cup Smooth peanut butter
One fourth cup Salted Butter, softened
2 tablespoon Halfandhalf
1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
1 One half cup Confectioners sugar

Preheat overn to 325degrees F.

In medium bowl combine flour, soda, cinnamon and oats. Mix well with a
whire whisk. Set aside.

Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl using an electric mixer set at
medium speed. Add the flouroat mixture, and blend at low speed until just
combined. Do not overmix.

Separate dough into two balls, flatten them into disks, and wrap each
tightly in plastic wrap or a plastic bag. Chill 1 hour.

On floured board using a floured rolling pin, roll out one disk to One fourth inch
thickness. Cut cookies with a 2inch round fluted cookie cutter dipped in
flour. Repeat procedure with the second disk, reworking scraps until all
the dough is used. Bake cookies on ungreased baking sheets One half inch aprt
for 1315 minutes or until bottoms turn light brown. Transfer immediately
to a cool, flat surface with a spatula.

When cookies are cool, spread 1 tablespoon of peanut butter filling on the
bottom side of a cookies. Top with another cookiebottom side toward the
fillingto make a sandwich. Repeat with the remaining cookies and filling

Yield: 3 One half dozen cookies.

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