I do this thing that I know… I KNOW… is completely annoying. I know it’s annoying, because I sometimes annoy myself doing it.

I make voices for things.

I make voices for… sometimes…everything.

Stray cat scampering across the street? Squirrel running up a tree? Shopping cart abandoned in the middle of the parking lot…? I make voices for them. They’re generally child-like with a hint of surly irreverence. Ok… to be real… every voice is my (spot-on) impersonation of Eric Cartman from South Park.

My kitten. My friend’s cat. My neighbors dog. …. all the same voice, usually making astute observations about how cute and fluffy they are.

I know this is a problem, and I know I’m powerless to stop it.

I tell you all this because I gave voice to these cookies. I gave voice to them… I ate dang near all of them… and then I hid the rest of the cookies near the back of the fridge in hopes of selfishly consuming them later.

To be fair… the cookies told me to do it. That’s my story. Sticking to it.

Oatmeal cookies start with good and simple things. Oats! Easy. Brown sugar! Sweeeet. Spices! Gotta have cinnamon.

I would be some sort of dolt if I didn’t mention the butter left out of this picture. Butter makes nearly everything better x 6. (Math.)

Pecan studded cookie batter. Ooooh this is just the beginning.

This is a small batch of cookie dough. We’re making small cookies because we’re going to fill them with more butter and sugar (and peanut butter!), then layer another cookie onto the situation. Let’s just go easy. A small batch of dough is all we need to make about 2 dozen sandwich cookies.

The dough is rolled by the heaping teaspoonful.

These cookies look larger than a teaspoon don’t they?

I should have put down a quarter so you could see the scale…

I love the quarter scale technique. When I figured out what that scaling technique was all about… I thought I was some sort of genius… I was 22.

Whatevs.

One of the most difficult parts of this recipe is removing the cookies from the oven and not eating a warm cookie directly off the sheet.

We need even numbers! This is a sandwich cookie situation.

Sure… you could eat two warm cookies off the baking sheet. Be real. If you’ve rationalized eating two warm cookies… what’s to stop you from eating five? Slippery slope. Veeerrryyy slippery.

Hey Peanut Butter… you’re looking pretty nice with some sun sheen on you. You’re showing off… it’s cool.

Smooth peanut butter is combined with butter, powdered sugar, and milk. Surely a dash of vanilla extract and salt can’t hurt.

If, in addition to a cookie sandwich filling, you see it fitting to call this a) dinner, b) a face mask, or c) boyfriend material… I get it. I do.

Sandwich these little darlings! Aaaand get going going gone!

Let’s get down to the nitty gritty. These cookies are bonkers good. Of course they’re bonkers good…. I mean, come on.

The oatmeal cookies are caramel-y and chewy soft. The peanut butter filling is creamynuttysweet (that’s a new word). With their powers combined… these cookies are no-brainer pleasure bites (that’s a new thing).

I like to individually wrap these cookies and store them in the fridge. Actually.. I like to individually wrap these cookies and hide them in the back of my fridge so no one knows they’re tucked away. The cookies are extra chewy and the peanut butter filling won’t smoooosh out the sides if the cookies are served slightly chilled. Pro tip.