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Homemade Girl Scout Cookies: Do-si-dos (Peanut Butter Sandwich Coookies)
It’s that time of year again for Girl Scout cookies. Delicious, melt in your mouth treats that I always spend way too much money on. I look forward to buying them every year, and I will again this year too, I just wanted to also make a batch of my own that were homemade. Since everyone in my family are huge fans of peanut butter, I decided to do a homemade version of their famous Do-si-dos. These are so good, even better than the original Girl Scout dos-i-dos, I think. They might even make you cry, they have definitely brought me to tears this morning, out of joy that is. This recipe is adapted from Best of the Best Vol. 8, a Food & Wine cookbook. I had made several revisions from the original recipe, to make a cookie that you will truly love.
Homemade Do-si-dos Recipe (Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies)
Cookies
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup chunky peanut butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 2/3 cups quick-cooking oats
Filling
1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar
Method
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine peanut butter and butter in a large mixing bowl. Mix with an electric mixer until well combined. Add brown and white sugars. Beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, until completely mixed in the batter. Add vanilla extract and mix again.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to batter and mix on low just until combined. Add quick cooking oats and mix until just combined. Drop cookie dough by the tablespoon on a cookie sheet, spread about 2 inches apart. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes at 350 degrees and then let cool for 5 minutes on the cookies sheet. While they are cooling, take a tooth-pick and prick the top of the cookies. Transfer to a cooling rack and continue to cook all cookies.
3. For filling, combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Make little sandwiches with the filling.
Makes about 48 sandwich cookies.
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Tweets that mention Homemade Girl Scout Cookies: Do-si-dos (Peanut Butter Sandwich Coookies) | The Family Kitchen -- Topsy.com commented on Jan 22 11 at 4:30 pmvincent commented on Jan 21 11 at 3:22 pmNice recipe but might anyone have a sugar free recipe a diabetic could use?
Thank you very very much!
Vincent
Shawnda commented on Jan 21 11 at 3:23 pmHello
I love the idea of making cookies that are close to the real deal but really during cookie time and when good leaders are trying to teach the girls, leadership, entrepreneurship, math, teamwork and social skills, I think putting this on the net sucks!!!!
Feast on the Cheap commented on Jan 21 11 at 11:10 pmJust placed a girl scout order today! Loaded up on Samoas, my all-time fave.
marla {family fresh coo!king} commented on Jan 21 11 at 11:40 pmNow this is a sandwich cookie extraordinaire!
Bee commented on Jan 21 11 at 11:51 pmI for one am glad all these Girl scout cookie similar recipes are on here. As a gluten sensitive person I have not been able to enjoy the cookies for years now! It is great to see the creativity of others so we can adapt these to the original Girl scout cookies for those of us with dietary restrictions. I for one order cookies every year for my family so these recipes do not stop me!
seedy commented on Jan 22 11 at 12:10 amI hear what you’re saying, Shawnda, but nothing is gonna replace the original GS cookies. Although I do plan on trying some of these recipes, my dosidos, thin mints, and samoa orders will still be placed annually.
esternelson22 commented on Jan 22 11 at 2:21 amEver wonder about all the free stuff you see on the web? It appears like everybody wants to give stuff away for nothing, nada, zilch. But are these items truly free of charge? If so, how can these companies afford to give away all of these coupons and samples? It’s truly all about you, the consumer. We live in a very competitive world marketplace place. The internet has upped the ante in terms of who could be seen and heard via all with the mass media. Now companies need to make lots of noise and this is one way that can do it. One of the best place on the web is called “123 Get Samples” and get your free stuffs
Michelle commented on Jan 22 11 at 10:07 amOh yes!!! Thank you!!! I can’t handle milk or eggs so I haven’t had Girl Scout cookies in ages, now I can make my own (with my own substitutions for the eggs and butter).
Ashley commented on Jan 23 11 at 7:11 pmYummy! My boyfriend absolutely loved these! Said they were better than the girl scout ones, but I prefer buying them…much easier for me haha. I substituted creamy peanut butter with a small amount of chopped peanuts as I didn’t have ready-made chunky peanut butter.
Josh McFadden commented on Mar 06 11 at 4:14 pmI tried these today, there was a weird flavor, the only thing I can figure is that it’s not a good idea to sub out butter for margarine.
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