Peanut Butter Fudge Sandwich Cookies

Since September of this year, Saturday night has been a Game Night for a group of friends and myself. We get together from about 6:00pm until midnight and play games like "The Game of Things", "Catch Phrase", "Know It Or Blow It", or "Scategories". We try not to play mainstream board games (ex. Monopoly, Sorry, Scrabble), and our rule of thumb is that if you bring a mainstream game, it must be a special version (ex. Lord of the Rings Monopoly, Disney Sorry) And sometimes, I bring treats.

Peanut Butter Fudge Sandwich Cookies

1/2 C. butter, softened

2/3 C. peanut butter, smooth

1/2 C. white sugar

1/2 C. packed brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 3/4 C. flour

3/4 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

Chocolate Filling:

3/4 C. butter, softened

1/2 C. cocoa, unsweetened

2 tsp. vanilla extract

2 Tbsp. milk

2-3 C. powdered sugar

(drizzled with almond bark)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

2. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar together until creamy.

3. Add egg and vanilla and scrape bowl down and beat again.

4. In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.

5. With the mixer on slow, add dry ingredients to wet (flour mixture to butter/sugar mixture) and mix until combined.

6. Make walnut sized dough balls and let chill for 15 minutes.

7. Set on cookie sheets 2 inches between each other. Use a fork to gently press the cookie. Do it once in each direction to create a "thatch" design.

8. Bake for 7-10 minutes. They probably won't start to brown around the edges, just go with your instincts on when to take them out of bake a practice cookie. If you over-bake them, they will be dry and crumbly.

9. Let cool.

10. Filling: Beat butter for 2 minutes. Add cocoa, vanilla and milk and beat again. Slowly add in powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.

11. To assemble, pipe filling onto the bottom of half of your cookies. Place another cooking on top of the filling to create your "sandwich" and then roll in mini chocolate chips of sprinkles to decorate.