Banana-filled Peanut Butter Cookies

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 12
  • 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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Introduction

Creamy peanut-butter and rum filling sandwiched between two awesome nutty peanut-butter cookies. Adapted from an Anna Olson recipe. Creamy peanut-butter and rum filling sandwiched between two awesome nutty peanut-butter cookies. Adapted from an Anna Olson recipe.
Number of Servings: 12

Ingredients

    Cookie
    1/2 cup stick margarine, room temperature
    1/2 cup sugar
    1/2 cup packed brown sugar
    1 egg
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter (or add 2 T chopped peanuts)
    1 cup all purpose flour
    1/2 cup whole wheat flour
    1 tsp baking soda
    1/2 tsp salt
    Filling
    1 tbsp margarine
    1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
    1 tbsp light rum
    pinch each cinnamon and nutmeg
    2 small bananas, sliced
    1/2 cup light cream cheese
    1/2 cup smooth light peanut butter

Directions

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.