Power Up Peanut Butter Cookie Sandwiches

Serves 6

Ingredients

• ½ cup unsalted butter
• 1 ½ cup creamy peanut butter, divided
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup light brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 ¼ cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• 6 Tbsp Power Up Summer Trails Trail Mix

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
3. In the bowl of an electric mixer with paddle attachment, cream butter, half of peanut butter, sugar, and brown sugar until creamy and pale. Stop and scrape down sides as needed.
4. Add eggs and continue to beat another minute, until incorporated.
5. Into the wet mixture, sift flour, baking powder, and salt.
6. Transfer to refrigerator for 30 minutes.
7. Divide dough into 12 balls. Place on prepared baking sheet, 1 inch apart.
8. Bake 10-12 minutes, until golden.
9. Immediately and gently flatten each cookie flat with the back of a spatula.
10. Transfer to wire rack to cool.
11. Once cool, spread the bottom of each cookie with peanut butter. Sprinkle 6 cookies with trail mix then top with remaining 6 cookies to make sandwiches.