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
My husband would LOVE these! I don’t have a lot of time for cookie baking so I’m thinking about making these for a special occasion.
We’d love for you to link up to our Finished Friday party.
i made these tonight and it was a disaster! well, they tasted amazing. of course. i used margarine instead of butter, which was definitely the problem. they still TASTED good, but they looked absolutely ridiculous. i’d definitely recommend making them with real butter!
Yep, butter, always and forever.
I used real butter and mine turned out gigantic… they were still tasty and I am sure I followed the recipe exactly, they even mellowed in the fridge for an extra hour. They still tasted great!
dying…
Then you’ll need to squish, fork and pinch the logs. I can’t believe I just typed that.
thanks for the laugh. and enjoy your sexy-time book. i’m on page 371 🙂 and i was stoopid enough to buy a hard copy (pun intended)
hahahaha, I downloaded the book and am almost done with the first. I wanted no hard evidence…pun ALSO intended 😉
YUM! These are in the frige waiting to be rolled in sugar and baked. Can’t wait. Sure hope they’re better than that awful 50 shades book. My cookies are strong, independent women. They don’t like stalker men. 🙂
These look so good! And, now, having just read this with my 13 year old son peering over my shoulder, he might become your new blog follower as he found your commentary about what you did with the dough logs so hilarious! =)
Wow! I really love these! I can almost smell the peanut butter.. 🙂
Oh my heck! Pinned!
Dang! How cute is that?! There’s no way these would last more than a day or two at my house. YUM.
We are huge nutter butter fans in our house, bu they never last long enough. I can’t wait to try your recipe, and I have to admit, I just received my copy of 50 Shades in the mail from Amazon. I just couldn’t bring myself to buy it in the bookstore. Hope it’s as good as everyone’s saying it is 🙂
Caroline
Love your blog! I think we’re sisters seperated at birth or something and coincidentally, I’m also half way through 50 Shades of Grey. Keep the goodies coming and yay for peanut butter!