Peanut Butter And Jelly Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted dry roasted peanuts, finely chopped
• 2/3 cup strawberry preserves or 2/3 cup jam

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar in a medium bowl.
• 3 beat in the peanut butter, egg yolk and vanilla.
• 4 stir in the flour and salt.
• 5 form the dough into 1-inch balls.
• 6 roll them in peanuts and place about 2 inches apart on a large cookie sheet.
• 7 bake the cookies for 5 minutes.
• 8 using a small melon baller or your thumb (but be careful not to burn yourself), make a deep indentation in the center of each cookie so that it will flatten slightly.
• 9 with the melon baller, spoon about 1 teaspoon of the preserves into each cookie.
• 10 do not overfill or you'll be sorry!
• 11 bake for about 15 minutes longer, until the cookies are golden and cracked.
• 12 transfer to a rack to cool completely.