For those of us who have a serious love affair with peanut butter, there’s nothing quite like a warm peanut butter cookie fresh from the oven, unless maybe you’ve got a hankering for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But, something magical happens you get the chance to combine the two. The filling is wonderfully gooey and filled with rich peanut butter and jelly while the outside is slightly crispy. And, it’s even not that hard to create these very special cookies at home.

Thanks to the way these cookies are made the inside remains perfectly soft while the cookie bakes up with the slight crunch that we’ve come to expect from peanut butter cookies.

The trick to getting these cookies just right is to make 10 even tablespoons of peanut butter, rounded into balls, and then freeze them on a baking sheet for 30 minutes before you start mixing up the dough.

Once the dough comes together, pat out 10 flat discs of dough. Then take the peanut butter balls out of the freezer and place them, along with a dollop of jelly, onto the dough. Then fold over the dough to make sure that the filling is prevented from leaking on all sides. Then these cookies bake 7 minutes on one side before you need to turn them and bake for about 7-10 minutes more. This ensures that the filling is warmed evenly and that the cookies bake up nicely.

You’ll want to let these cookies cool for a just a bit before digging in, as the sugar in the jam or jelly will be pretty hot straight from the oven. But, if you serve them while they’re still slightly warm they have a heavenly taste and texture both inside and out. They’re unlike any other cookies we’ve had before. If you’re craving a special treat these peanut butter and jelly filled cookies really deliver in the flavor department.