If you love nutter butters from the store, you are going to love this homemade nutter butter cookie recipe! This is the best copycat nutter butter cookies recipe you will find.
These homemade soft nutter butter cookies are easily the best peanut butter cookie recipe you can make! They are an easy family dessert recipe you can make at home and enjoy after dinner.
They also make a great snack as well! My kids love coming home to these homemade nutter butter cookies to have after a long day at school.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:
- Butter flavored shortening
- Creamy peanut butter
- White Sugar
- Brown sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Eggs
- Flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Milk
- Powdered sugar
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How To Make Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Cream shortening, peanut butter, and sugars together until light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes. Add in vanilla, and eggs one at a time. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt and add to dough. Mix to combine. Add milk until dough is soft enough to roll into balls without crumbling.
- Roll dough into ½ inch (or a little larger) balls, roll in sugar, place on ungreased cookie sheet and use a fork to make the design on top.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until puffy. You do not want them to be golden brown or overcooked.
Filling
- Beat peanut butter, butter, sugar, and vanilla together until smooth. Add milk until desired consistency is reached. When cookies are completely cooled, spread a layer of frosting on one side and sandwich together.
Storing and Other Tips
If you manage to not eat the whole tray of cookies immediately, these (cookie name) store well. Once cookies have completely cooled, here is how you can store them:
- Counter: Store in an airtight container in a single layer for up to 4 days at room temperature. If you want to try and get the cookies to last even longer without becoming crumbly cookies, add a slice of bread into the container of cookies. The bread will give the cookies something to draw moisture from.
- Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container in a single layer for up to 7 days in a refrigerator.
- Freezer: You can freeze precooked cookie dough for cookies later. Just roll out and freeze for 30 minutes, and then transfer to an airtight, freezer safe bag for up to 3 months. To store cooked cookies, let them cool completely before you put them in a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months.
Shortening Substitutes
If you do not love the idea of using butter flavored shortening, then the next best option is finding a substitution that you do love! We have used margarine before and it works great.
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Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter flavored shortening
- 1 cup peanut butter (creamy)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup milk
- ¼ cup sugar, for rolling cookies
Filling
- 1 cup peanut butter (creamy)
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 Tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Cream shortening, peanut butter, and sugars together until light and fluffy, 1-2 minutes. Add in vanilla, and eggs one at a time. In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt and add to dough. Mix to combine. Add milk until dough is soft enough to roll into balls without crumbling.
- Roll dough into ½ inch (or a little larger) balls, roll in sugar, place on ungreased cookie sheet and use a fork to make the design on top.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes, or until puffy. You do not want them to be golden brown or overcooked.
Filling
- Beat peanut butter, butter, sugar, and vanilla together until smooth. Add milk until desired consistency is reached. When cookies are completely cooled, spread a layer of frosting on one side and sandwich together.
Notes
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Oh wow! I need to make these RIGHT NOW!!
OH whoops… this is your cousin Lisa… I’m logged in as Mark. hehe. But I’m sure he needs these right now too…
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These look amazing!
yum yum yum. i’m a peanut butter FIEND and these looks so good! coming over from somewhat simple…gonna subscribe to your blog!
shut the front door! home made nutter butters? i’m not a cookie lover, but these are my kryptonite! thanks for sharing! i think i gained 10lbs just looking at them! 🙂
These look totally and completely AMAZING!!!:)
I love nutter butters – I’ll have to try these!
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thanks so much for such a wonderful recipe! made them today and were as delicious as you say.
How long will these cookies keep?
You can store these at room temperature in an airtight container if you are going to eat them within a few days. They freeze great too for longer storage.