Banana-filled Peanut Butter Cookies
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- Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
Cookie1/2 cup stick margarine, room temperature1/2 cup sugar1/2 cup packed brown sugar1 egg1 tsp vanilla extract1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter (or add 2 T chopped peanuts)1 cup all purpose flour1/2 cup whole wheat flour1 tsp baking soda1/2 tsp saltFilling1 tbsp margarine1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar1 tbsp light rumpinch each cinnamon and nutmeg2 small bananas, sliced1/2 cup light cream cheese1/2 cup smooth light peanut butter
For cookies:
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Cream together margarine and sugars until pale and fluffy.
Beat egg and vanilla, add to creamed mixture.
Stir in peanut butter.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
Blend with peanut butter mixture.
Drop 24 balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet and press them with a floured fork.
Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool on sheet.
For filling:
In sauté pan, melt margarine.
Add sugar and increase heat to medium-high.
Stir until melted and bubbling.
Add rum, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Stir in bananas to coat, pour into a bowl and set aside.
Cream together cream cheese and peanut butter until smooth. Mash bananas and add to cream cheese mixture until smooth. Chill for 20 minutes.
Fill between 2 cooled peanut butter cookies to make sandwiches.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Cream together margarine and sugars until pale and fluffy.
Beat egg and vanilla, add to creamed mixture.
Stir in peanut butter.
In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
Blend with peanut butter mixture.
Drop 24 balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet and press them with a floured fork.
Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool on sheet.
For filling:
In sauté pan, melt margarine.
Add sugar and increase heat to medium-high.
Stir until melted and bubbling.
Add rum, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Stir in bananas to coat, pour into a bowl and set aside.
Cream together cream cheese and peanut butter until smooth. Mash bananas and add to cream cheese mixture until smooth. Chill for 20 minutes.
Fill between 2 cooled peanut butter cookies to make sandwiches.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 372.3
- Total Fat: 19.3 g
- Cholesterol: 23.3 mg
- Sodium: 254.0 mg
- Total Carbs: 42.5 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
- Protein: 8.8 g
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