Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies with Ganache Filling

ThePreparedPantry

This is really a recipe for peanut butter yoyo cookies-thin peanut butter
wafers sandwiched with a creamy chocolate filling. This recipe is bound to
be a hit at your house. It's one of our favorite recipes.
For the very best cookies, use a quality chocolate though good quality
chocolate chips will make a fine cookie.

1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda

Cream the butter and sugars together with the paddle attachment of your
mixer. Add the salt, egg, and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add the peanut
butter and mix. Add the flour and baking soda and beat until combined.
Refrigerate the dough for 20 minutes to firm up slightly. Divide the dough into
two portions. Using wax paper, roll each portion
into logs 1 1/2-inches in diameter. Refrigerate for two hours or until firm
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Cut cookies into slices just thicker
than 1/4 inch. Place them on a greased baking sheet and bake 12 to 14
minutes or until the cookies just start to brown on the edges. Cool on a
wire rack.
For the filling:
Mix 1/4 cup whipping cream, one tablespoons butter, and 2 tablespoons of
light corn syrup in a heavy saucepan. Heat until it simmers. Remove the pan
from the heat and immediately add six ounces of semisweet baking chocolate
chopped into pieces. Stir until the chocolate is melted into a smooth sauce.
The filling will thicken as it cools.
This can also be made with one cup of semisweet chocolate chips though the
lack of cocoa butter in the chocolate chips will affect the flavor. If you
use chocolate chips, increase the butter to two tablespoons.

Sandy U.


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