Ampersandwich cookies (peanut linzer cookies with strawberry chocolate ganache)
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What do you get when you make sandwich cookies in the shape of your favorite glyph, namely, the ampersand? Why, ampersandwich cookies, of course. Get it? Ha! I crack myself up sometimes. Ever-obsessed with all things ampersand, I had purchased this cookie cutter on Etsy over a year ago, and have been waiting for an excuse to use it. This year's cookie swap turned out to be the perfect occasion. In brainstorming flavor options for my ampersandwich cookies, I wanted a flavor combo that would reinforce their conjunctive shape, so peanut butter & jelly seemed extra appropriate. Emphasis on the &. These is not your elementary-school pb&j. The linzer cookies contain finely ground peanuts in place of the typical almonds or hazelnuts usually found in this type of cookie. So no actual peanut butter, though we'll still call them as such because peanut and jelly doesn't have quite the same ring to it. And there are both peanuts AND butter in there so technically it's still accurate.
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