Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup brown sugar light packed
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter 
• 1 large eggs 
• 1 cup flour all-purpose
• 0.5 cup granulated sugar divided
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 8 tablespoons butter unsalted softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• baking sheet
• oven
• wire rack
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 37
2. Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets.
3. Beat together first 3 ingredients and 1/2 cup granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Stir in egg and vanilla.
4. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Slowly stir flour mixture into peanut butter mixture until fully incorporated.
5. Scoop dough onto prepared cookie sheets, 1 rounded tablespoonful at a time, about 2 inches apart. (Dough should yield about 24 cookies.) Press cookies flat with the back of a fork dipped into remaining 1 tablespoon sugar.
6. Sprinkle cookies with any remaining sugar, if desired, and bake 12 minutes or until golden brown around edges.
7. Remove from oven, and cool 5 minutes on pan; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
8. Spread about 1 tablespoon Creamy Peanut Butter Filling onto flat side of 12 cookies, and top each with another cookie, flat side down, to make a sandwich.