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!
Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies Are INSANELY Delicious!
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!
Looking For More Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes? Try These:
- Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies
- Soft Peanut Butter Cookies
- Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Homemade Nutter Butters
- Prep Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 18 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- 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
Um okay, these look amazing! And um, okay, I LOVED 50 shades…I read the whole trilogy because I am convinced I’m in love with Christian Grey, lol, totally kidding and now blushing since I’ve written that outloud, lol! I really liked the books though. Yes, not the best writer, but I love the way she makes you feel every emotion Anasthasia is feeling. Like here I was just thinking oh what a cute romance, then I got to chapter 8 and I’m like oh wait, I can’t keep reading this, just as she is like oh wait, I can’t keep “doing” this…it is addicting! Books 1 & 3 are my faves! Thanks for posting this awesome recipe! My hubbs will thank you as well!
I love that you shaped these like NutterButters. Yum!
I hope my husband sticks with the store bought variety since I would want to eat all of these! The filling looks wonderfully versatile.
Your posts seriously never fail to crack me up. Not to mention your treats always look delish. Love your blog.
agree!!!
OH MY! Who in their right mind would choose store bought over homemade? EVER! lol I haven’t seen nutter butter cookies in over 20 years, WOW! My kids will now taste something I grew up on. Yeah! thank you for sharing
OMG!!! Really? Thanks a lot! This is destine to become the downfall of my family! LOL! We are HUGE Nutterbutter fans. These sound amazing! My least favorite part of the Nutterbutter is that it is hard! Oh man! Can’t wait to try these!
i’ve never had a nutter butter but i’ll take about 50 of these, like right now. my tummy is growling just thinking about these.
I can think of a great reason to make these. I can make them gluten-free!! Haven’t had a Nutter Butter in years. Thanks for posting! I’m going to adapt it, die and go to a peanut butter filled heaven.
I’m glad you said that! I was reading through the comments to see if anyone else had tried it. I’m going to send the recipe to my sister who cooks GF/CF for my nephew.
OMG these looks amazing – will definitely be trying out this recipe 🙂
I laughed SO hard reading this post. My co_worker was also reading 50 Shades of Grey and said it was different than she expected ;). I just made a chocolate cake w/ peanut butter filling. The filling is exactly the same as above and I have extra so all I have to make is the cookies. I know my guy and his co-workers willLOVE these.