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Mix ingredients for cookie dough: combine sugars, peanut butter, butter and egg in large bowl.
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Stir in the remaining ingredients to complete the cookie dough (flour, baking soda & powder, and salt).
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Cover and refrigerate dough for about two hours (until firm).
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Heat oven to 375u00b0F.
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Shape the cookie dough into 1 1/4-inch balls, placing on an ungreased cookie sheet, about three inches apart.
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Flatten with a fork that is covered in sugar, creating a pattern of your choosing (the crisscross pattern is popular)
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Bake for about 9 or 10 minutes, until cookies are light golden brown.
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While baking, make the peanut butter filling: Using an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, mix the confectioners' sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla, and salt on the medium-low speed, scraping the sides down with a rubber spatula, until creamy.
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Add the heavy cream & beat on high until the mixture becomes light & smooth.
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Refrigerate for a couple minutes if you'd like. (Use your judgement depending on how far along your cookies are)
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Once cookies are done, remove from oven and cool directly on cookie sheet for five minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to continue cooling.
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Spread a generous tablespoon or two of the peanut butter filling on a cookie and sandwich with another for a deliciously decadent peanut butter cookie sandwich!!
