Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Hello, everyone! Today I have a recipe for peanut butter cookies. I found these when I was looking through our Taste of Home baking book, and I was surprised that I had never put them up here, since I have made them so much. Koko posted a recipe for peanut butter cookies awhile ago, but these are slightly different. They have peanut butter icing in between two cookies. It really takes it over the top. They are delicious.

                     Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

Cookies:
                    1 cup peanut butter
                    1 cup shortening
                    1 cup brown sugar
                    1 cup white sugar
                    3 eggs
                    1 tsp. vanilla
                    3 cups all-purpose flour
                    2 tsp. baking soda
                    dash of salt

Icing:
                   1/2 cup peanut butter
                   3 cups powdered sugar
                   1 tsp. vanilla
                   5-6 Tablespoons milk

Preheat the oven to 375*. In a large bowl, cream the peanut butter, shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well. Add the dry ingredients and mix until they are moistened. 
Shape into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet two inches apart. Flatten with a fork. Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until brown. Place on wire racks to cool. 
For the icing, simply mix all of the ingredients together until smooth and spreadable. Spread onto a cooled cookie, then place another cookie on top. Yum!