Snack

Banana-filled Peanut Butter Cookies is for Snack.

Banana-filled Peanut Butter Cookies takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Banana-filled Peanut Butter Cookies takes 20 minutes to cook.

Banana-filled Peanut Butter Cookies makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Banana-filled Peanut Butter Cookies are:

Cookie
1/2 cup stick margarine, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter (or add 2 T chopped peanuts)
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Filling
1 tbsp margarine
1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp light rum
pinch each cinnamon and nutmeg
2 small bananas, sliced
1/2 cup light cream cheese
1/2 cup smooth light peanut butter

Here is how you make Banana-filled Peanut Butter Cookies:

For cookies:Preheat oven to 350° F.Cream together margarine and sugars until pale and fluffy.Beat egg and vanilla, add to creamed mixture.Stir in peanut butter.In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.Blend with peanut butter mixture.Drop 24 balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet and press them with a floured fork.Bake for 10 minutes. Let cool on sheet.For filling:In sauté pan, melt margarine.Add sugar and increase heat to medium-high.Stir until melted and bubbling.Add rum, cinnamon and nutmeg.Stir in bananas to coat, pour into a bowl and set aside.Cream together cream cheese and peanut butter until smooth. Mash bananas and add to cream cheese mixture until smooth. Chill for 20 minutes.Fill between 2 cooled peanut butter cookies to make sandwiches.Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.

The nutritional information for Banana-filled Peanut Butter Cookies is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 372.3

• Total Fat: 19.3 g
• Cholesterol: 23.3 mg
• Sodium: 254.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 42.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
• Protein: 8.8 g