Homemade Nutter Butters are a literal game changer. They are soft, with crisp edges, loaded with peanut butter flavor and filled with a delicious peanut butter buttercream!
Ok, so Nutter Butter Cookies from the supermarket are good, they are. And surely, the whole idea of making Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies is totally extra…but friends, these are REALLY good. Like omg YESSSSS good. Plus, you probably have all the Nutter Butter Ingredients in your kitchen right now!AND they’re soft, so they kinda win by default.
Soft cookies > Hard cookies all day everyday.
Why Make Nutter Butters At Home?
Of course picking up that package at he store is easy, I get it. But this homemade version will have you doing a happy dance. The cookies are soft peanut butter cookies with lightly crisp and buttery edges. And they sandwich the most dreamy peanut butter buttercream of all times. If you are a peanut butter lover, this is the cookie for you.
How To Make Homemade Nutter Butters Step by Step:
The steps are easy, but there are a few. Stay with me.
Of course, you will need peanut butter…
You’ll be using it in the cookie dough and the filling.
The dough comes together quickly, but you will need to chill it for an hour, so it’s easy to roll into little logs.
You’ll roll them in some granulated sugar, and then use a fork to create the criss-cross shape.
Then give the center a pinch, to get the classic Nutter Butter shape!
Then bake them until they are golden brown at the edges.
NOTE – if they spread too much while they’re baking, just give the middles a little pinch while they’re warm to keep the shape!
Let them cool, make your filling and pair them up to create the sandwiches.
You won’t ever want to buy store bought Nutter Butters again!
I’ll take 4 please!
PIN for later:
Enjoy!
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Homemade Nutter Butters
- Prep Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 18 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Description
Homemade Nutter Butters are a peanut butter lovers dream!
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/3 cup extra granulated sugar for rolling
Filling:
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter, room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
Cookies:
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment mix the butter, peanut butter, and both sugars together until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes on medium speed. Add in eggs, vanilla, baking soda, and baking powder continuing to mix until combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
- Turn the mixer to low and add in flour, mixing until just combined. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Form the chilled dough into 1- inch balls and then roll them into a log shape. Coat each log in granulated sugar and place on baking sheet about 2 inches apart. Using a fork, press down on the dough creating a criss-cross pattern. Pinch the center to create the peanut shape.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes until edges are lightly golden. Cool on baking sheet 2-3 minutes and then transfer to wire rack to continue cooling.
Filling:
- In the clean bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix the butter and peanut butter together on medium speed until smooth. Slowly add in the powdered sugar and beat until filling is smooth. Add your milk, one tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached.
- Spread a heaping tablespoon of filling onto the bottom of one of the peanut butter cookies and then top with another cookie to create sandwich.
Notes
*if your cookies spread too much pinch the middles when they come out of the oven so your “nut” shape is preserved!
store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 440
- Sugar: 31.3 g
- Sodium: 139.2 mg
- Fat: 27.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 44.7 g
- Protein: 7.3 g
- Cholesterol: 56.2 mg
By far a favorite at Christmas time! I was wondering, can these be frozen?
Yes absolutely!
The shape comes out the size of elephant nuts, they are huge. Also the pinch doesn’t work.
Can you make the dough ahead of time and then bake the cookies when you need them?
Yes absolutely!
What a shame that there are no European measures as we use g/kg or oz/lb for weight & centigrade or gas mark for ovens. Cups & sticks are far too inaccurate. How would you measure 7g of salt for example? Or please include a conversion link. Planning on “trying” this tomorrow if I can find the conversions….
Google is your friend. A simple google search of ounce/pound to gram will help you convert
I have a kitchen scale that measures either way. I have had my current one for over 20 years, and as I recall it was relatively inexpensive probably less than $30.
I have made these several times they are delicious and always a hit with family and friends. Got a new Kitchen Aid Mixer yesterday and said to my husband what should be my first test run? He said those nutter butter cookies you make PLEASE make those. Thanks for the recipe!
Love this! Honored to be your KA’s maiden voyage!
Made these today, absolutely delicious!! I used WowButter, as my boyfriend has a peanut allergy, and they turned out great. I also used unsalted butter, and a little over three tablespoon of milk to get a creamier consistency to the filling. Definitely will make these again!
Butter: Salted or unsalted?
I use salted, but it’s a personal preference. You can absolutely use unsalted!
Would it be ok to skip rolling the logs in sugar before baking?
Sure, you can skip that!
If I refrigerate the filling for a couple days before putting them on the cookies will it then be okay to sit out in room temp (in airtight container) for 3 days?