Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies with Honey-Cinnamon Filling

Name: Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies with Honey-Cinnamon Filling
Yield: Makes 24 cookies
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups (6 1/4 ounces/177 grams) raw, peanuts, toasted and cooled; 3/4 cup (3 3/4 ounces/106 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1/2 cup, creamy peanut butter; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams), granulated sugar; 1/2 cup packed (3 1/2 ounces/99 grams), light brown sugar; 3 tablespoons, whole milk; 1 large, egg; 3/4 cup creamy, peanut butter; 5 tablespoons, honey; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1 cup (4 ounces/113 grams), confectioners' sugar

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2012

We wanted a cookie so packed with peanut flavor that it needed no crosshatch to identify it.

SERVES Makes 24 cookies

TIME 2 hours, plus 1 hour setting

Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies with Honey-Cinnamon Filling

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