Hell Fire Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies are excellent peanut butter cookies with a filling of peanut butter and Jenkins Hell Fire Pepper Jelly. While you can use whatever brand is available to you, Jenkins is a spicy pepper jelly I brought home from Santa Monica. It works perfectly in these cookies which are crisp with a light shell, a creamy peanut butter filling. They are spicy, with a lingering kick of sweet hot peppers.
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Ways to Use Pepper Jelly
Jenkins was founded by Hillary Danner (Gwyneth's cousin) and her friend Maria Newman. Their pepper jelly includes a blend of seven fresh peppers, organic sugar, vinegar and pectin. Pair it with cheese, use as a marinade or glaze for meat, or spread it on a sandwich. It works perfectly in one of our family's favorites, Texas Jalapeno Cranberry Bread.
Hell Fire Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies
Now onto this cookie recipe. The dough is easy to work with and bakes up into crispy, light, sandwich cookies. The pepper jelly makes a truly unique addition, but you could fill these with anything, including Nutella and peanut butter, marshmallow cream, or chocolate ganache. You can buy Jenkins online or use your favorite spicy hot jelly.
Recipe
Hell Fire Pepper Jelly Peanut Butter Sandwiches and Giveaway
Ingredients
- ½ cup regular or butter flavored shortening I used butter flavored
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup peanut butter crunchy or creamy okay
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 cup 4.5 oz all-purpose flour
- Some Hell Fire Pepper Jelly
- Extra peanut butter for filling sandwiches
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325F and have ready a large, ungreased baking sheet.
- With an electric mixer, beat the shortening, salt, baking soda and peanut butter together. Beat in both of the sugars and the vanilla. Beat in the egg.
- By hand or using the lowest speed of the mixer, stir in the flour. Using a rounded ½ teaspoon measure, scoop up dough and shape into small balls. Arrange the small balls on the baking sheet spacing about 1 1 ½ cinches apart. Using a damp fork, press the balls down and make criss-crosses. Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes or until edges are brown and cookies appear done. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
- When cookies are completely cool, sandwich a little peanut butter and some Hell Fire Pepper Jelly between two cookies. Repeat until you’ve made about 45 or 50 little sandwiches.
Shanna says
Baked with brie in pastry
beth says
Make thumbprints using a typical southern cheddar cheese cookie recipe and fill with Hell Fire.
Alicia Keen says
Different! Would like to try it
Jamie says
I LOVE hot pepper jelly...now have another good excuse to use it! Thank you!
Ginny says
My sister has a recipe for sweet and sour meatballs that uses sauerkraut and grape jelly. This might make a good substitute.
Michelle says
The jelly would probably be good as a marinade or glaze for meats.
Julie Desaulniers says
with Cream Cheese & Crackers and/or veggies
Valerie says
How interesting! I'd love to try this on my own!
amie says
I think it would be go great with a pork loin. Either coat the pork loin with it or use it as a sauce!
Becky says
I'd drop a teaspoon or so into a corn bread muffin before baking.
Beth says
It would be great on brie!
Kathy says
Sounds like a pairing made in heaven!
Judy says
pepper jelly as a marinade on the Thanksgiving turkey for a lively holiday dinner!
Heidi F. says
My first thought was serving it with cream cheese and crackers, but the pretzel dip sounds really good too!
domestic diva says
This would be great as a [VERY] light glaze over veggies -- or maybe in a peanut sauce.
Tracy says
Mix with horseradish for a dip for New Orleans fried catfish.
Pam S says
I'd put it over cream cheese and serve with crackers.
Question: in the recipe you state to use a rounded 1/2 tsp for each cookie. Is that correct? It sounds like it would make a very small cookie.
Shunti brown says
Jelly over some cream cheese
Jen @ Chocotuile says
These cookies look delicious! I'd make chocolate truffles and swirl the jelly and peanut butter as the filling inside.
llynn says
i'd eat it with ice cream.
petra says
I'd spread the jelly on cornbread and serve it alongside a cheese and veggie omelet.
Shannon says
Those cookies look really good!
Maybe pepper jelly would be good on an egg and cheese breakfast sandwich on hearty toast.
Juli says
I'd eat it with cream cheese on crackers.
Gloria says
I sometimes top my cheesecake pie with a cooked jam/jelly mixture...pepper jelly would add an interesting kick!
mellisa w says
Cream cheese and Wheat Thins would be great. Thanks!
Patty says
I think I could use it with my breakfast toast. And of course it would make an awsome sause with the cocktail franks.
Magsie says
I would put it on a ham sandwich panini. Oh yum.
Karin Muserallo says
Anna, I think the Hell Fire Jelly would be great paired with some sweet grape jelly as a sauce for some little appetizer meatballs! Delicious! Makes my mouth water just thinking about them! 🙂
Lori H says
I;m thinking would be awesome on grilled pork chops!
Mary Lynn M. says
My first thought was a glaze for chicken. So many choices.
Suzanne says
simple appetizer- pour a jar of jelly over a block of cream cheese and serve will crackers
Kim says
I can honestly never say I thought of peanut butter and peppers together...but your pictures look delicious!
Sue says
Hmmm? BBQ sauce immediately comes to mind. But maybe in a chocolate cookie like those Tex Mex Chocolate Cookies.
Martha T says
I think this would be delicious with cream cheese and crackers ... or cream cheese and a spoon!
Pat R says
I could see me using this as a topping on a pork loin roast.........maybe in the crock pot.............got my mouth watering just thinking of it.
Shaunna says
As a glaze over chicken. yum!
sheri says
Great over cream cheese with crackers!
Stephanie says
I think it would be awesome dolloped over a tray of homemade nachos instead of salsa.
Louise says
I forgot to add that I've made Ina Garten's Peanut Butter & Jelly Bars with pepper jelly.
Louise says
Multi-grain bread, cream cheese, and pepper jelly makes an awesome sandwich. I live close to James Weaver's Meadow View Farm. He's a Mennonite farmer know for his heirloom tomatoes, hundreds of varieties of chili peppers, and a big variety of pepper jellies. http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=331051 Gourmet Magazine had an article on him several years ago.
Kari says
Looks like it would be great as a pretzel dip.
Fallon says
Goat cheese and pepper jelly sandwiches!
Carole Resnick says
Pepper jellies are good in a number of appetizers
Martha in KS says
I'm always looking for interesting jellies/chutney to serve as an appetizer over cream cheese.
Kara Dykstra says
These cookies sounds delicious! I bet the jelly would be good in a thumbprint cookie too. 🙂