Creamy Filled Peanut Butter Cookies

4/16/2023

Just a warning - this is going to be one of those "back when I was a kid" stories.🤣 Believe it or not, I was a Girl Scout - way back when - and every Spring I proudly put on my green uniform and sash, walk around my neighborhood, knock on every door and take cookie orders.🍪 It was part of our duty as Girl Scouts.

Since door to door sales isn't a safe means of selling cookies anymore, the Girl Scouts have shifted their sales strategy to a more centralized approach. Several years ago, I started to notice the girls (and their parents) setting up tables outside of grocery stores, big box stores and on busy corners with stacks of their ridiculously delicious and equally addicting treats.😅 Over the past couple of years though, the Girl Scouts have been much harder to find.😕 Less tables, less cookies. I think I've only seen their table set up around my town, 1 day over the past 2 years. I can only assume that they're transitioning again and moving to an online ordering system.

On my single, and rare Girl Scout sighting outside of my local grocery store last month and of course, I stopped by their table - you know, to show my support as an alumni of the organization.😅 I bought a couple of boxes of my families favorites and a few extras to tuck into the freezer for a rainy day.😬 I was so excited to surprise my family with the rare treats until I realized that I what I thought were their favorite cookie varieties - weren't actually their favorites at all.🤷🏻‍♀️

How am I just now learning that my husband of 30 years - is a Do Si Do fan? We've been married far too long for this to be completely new information to me!🤪 I swear that I've never seen him purchase or consume a peanut butter Girl Scout cookie in the 42 years that I've known him. So in a very non-stalker, not creepy kind of way - upon finding out this new information, I went on a search for a box of Do Si Does for my husband. When my efforts went unresolved, I took matters into my own hands and made a batch of homemade Do Si Does. That's legal, right. I mean, I was a Girl Scout, after all. 😂

Creamy Filled Peanut Butter Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
½ cup peanut butter
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup old-fashioned oats

Filling
1/2 cup butter
3 Tablespoons peanut butter
6 cups powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons milk