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Banana Cookies with Peanut Butter Filling 

Prep time: 30 min
Cook Time: 12 min
Yield: 2-1/2 dozen cookies

Ingredients:

Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
1cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2cup granulated sugar
1cup butter, softened
1cup (about 2 medium) mashed bananas
1 large egg
1teaspoon vanilla extract
2 3/4cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
1/2teaspoon baking soda
1/4teaspoon salt
FILLING
1cup Smucker's® Creamy Natural Peanut Butter, stirred
1/2cup butter
1cup powdered sugar

Preparation Directions:

1.HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheets with no-stick cooking spray.
2.BEAT brown sugar, sugar and butter in large bowl until creamy; add banana, egg, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed.
3.COMBINE flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl; mix well. Add to banana mixture; mix until soft dough forms. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls onto prepared cookie sheets.
4.BAKE 11 to 13 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.
5.BEAT peanut butter, butter and powdered sugar until well mixed. Spread about one tablespoon filling on bottoms of half of cookies. Gently press bottoms of remaining cookies against filling to form sandwiches.
TIPInstead of making sandwiches, cookies can be frosted. Add one to two tablespoons milk to peanut butter filling, stirring until smooth; frost tops of cookies. Decorate with chocolate morsels, if desired.