peanut butter and jelly cookies

How To Make peanut butter and jelly cookies

• 1

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sets with parchment paper; set aside.
• 2

  In a medium bowl, cream shortening, butter and brown sugar until smooth. Stir in egg, milk and vanilla.
• 3

  In a seperate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Stir into the peanut butter mixture until well blended.
• 4

  Using a medium cookie scoop, place cookie dough two inches apart on cookie sheets. Eight cookies per sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 - 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookie sheets for 4 minutes before removing to cooling racks to cool completely.
• 5

  Meanwhile, prepare the peanut butter drizzle. Combine powdered sugar, creamy peanut butter, vanilla and small amounts of milk or heavy cream until desired consistency is reached. Put peanut butter drizzle in a piping bag, squeeze filling to bag tip, tie bag, snip off tip end and drizzle glaze over each cookie. Place a P.B bite in the center of each cookie and add peanut halves for flower petals on each cookie if desired.
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