Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

Name: Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: about 4-1/4 dozen
Ingredients: 2 cups peanut butter; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1/2 cup strawberry or grape jelly; Coarse sea salt

Total Time Prep: 15 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield about 4-1/4 dozen

Test Kitchen Approved

These peanut butter and jelly cookies turn the classic sandwich into a freshly baked treat. Soft peanut butter cookies are topped with fruit jelly and finished with flaky salt for a scrumptious sweet-and-salty bite.

Ingredients

2 cups peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup strawberry or grape jelly
Coarse sea salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Cream peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Roll dough into tablespoonfuls, place 1 in. apart onto parchment-lined baking sheets.
Bake until edges are firm, 10-12 minutes. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Press an indentation in center of each cookie with the back of a teaspoon. Fill each with jelly; sprinkle with salt. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 101 calories, 5g fat (1g saturated fat), 7mg cholesterol, 46mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.

These peanut butter and jelly cookies taste like a sweeter version of your favorite nostalgic sandwich. Now you can have PB&Js for lunch and dessert! —Margaret Knoebel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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