Peanut Butter Yummies

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There are a few reasons why I love to bake:
1) it amazes me how a few ingredients go into a bowl and the outcome is (hopefully) delicious!
2) all the concoctions that go down in the kitchen make my house smell amazing!
3) who doesn't love the little grins that pop out while scarfing down goodies??

Tonight was a girl's night at home, and I figured everyone needs a little sugar in their lives on such evenings, right? Any girl would agree that dessert makes bonding time all that much better. The sugar of request was cookie sandwiches, nicknamed "Yummies" by Laura. And after much debate over cookie options: sugar, peanut butter, chocolate, chocolate chip.... the list goes on and on... we agreed on peanut butter.
Since I was only making sandwiches for the two girlies, I halved the recipe; however the original made four dozen cookies....which means Laura and Rachael each ate about a dozen's worth.... well, I suppose you only live once! :D

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES:
1/2 c. margarine
1/2 c. peanut butter
1/2 c. white sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 Hershey's bars, crumbled into small pieces
1 1/4 c. flour
3/4 tsp. soda
dash of salt.

Cream together the margarine, peanut butter, and sugars. Add the egg and vanilla and mix. Then add in all the dry ingredients. Form the dough into balls and place them onto a baking sheet. Bake at 375* for about 10 minutes. (unless you like them a little gooey-ier like we do at my house... in which case, I take them out a little sooner.)

I had some left over peanut butter frosting from a while ago in the freezer, so I took it out and used it for filling in between two cookies.

Although a little messy, they were a success and both girls gave them a thumbs up! It's probably a good thing that neither of them were able to finish their cookies, which are waiting in the fridge to be eaten at breakfast... if they last that long. To quote Laura, "This will be just the thing to get me going for school in the morning!"   Look out teachers!