Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies | Tasty Kitchen: A Happy Recipe Community!

Ingredients

• FOR THE COOKIES:
• ¾ cups Butter Or Margarine, Softened
• ¾ cups Crisco Shortening (preferrably Butter Crisco)
• 1-½ cup Brown Sugar
• ¾ cups White Sugar
• 1-½ cup Creamy Peanut Butter
• 3 whole Eggs
• 1-½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• 4 cups All-purpose Flour
• ¾ teaspoons Salt
• 3 teaspoons Baking Soda
• FOR THE FILLING:
• 1 package (8 Oz) Cream Cheese
• ½ cups Creamy Peanut Butter
• ½ cups Crisco
• ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 4 cups Powdered Sugar
• ¼ cups Cocoa Powder (optional)