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Soft Maple Peanut Butter Sandwich Bites 🥜
Soft, buttery peanut butter biscuits with a creamy maple peanut butter center. A simple little snack with a soft texture for babies and toddlers.
These peanut butter biscuits are baked only until they begin to brown, helping them stay soft rather than becoming hard or crunchy.
Ingredients
- Biscuits
- About 5½ tbsp butter, room temperature 80g butter, room temperature
- About ⅓ cup + 1 tsp maple syrup About 83ml maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 tsp vanilla essence
- About ⅔ cup + 2 tsp smooth, runny peanut butter About 167ml smooth, runny peanut butter
- About 1 cup + 1 tbsp plain/all-purpose flour About 150g plain/all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking powder
- Filling
- Thick, smooth peanut butter, as needed Thick, smooth peanut butter, as needed
- Maple syrup, as needed Maple syrup, as needed
Instructions
- Add the room-temperature butter, maple syrup, vanilla essence and peanut butter to a large bowl.
- Beat with an electric mixer until the mixture becomes light, fluffy and slightly lighter in color.
- Add the plain flour and baking powder.
- Stir with a wooden spoon until combined.
- Preheat the oven to 356°F / 180°C fan-forced.
- Roll the biscuit dough into small balls, slightly smaller than a teaspoon.
- Place the balls onto a lined baking tray and gently press each one down with a fork.
- Bake for 8 minutes. Watch closely — the biscuits should only just begin to brown.
- Add thick, smooth peanut butter to a bowl with a drizzle of maple syrup and stir to combine.
- Add about ½ teaspoon of filling to one biscuit and top with another biscuit, pressing down gently to form a small sandwich.
Baby Serving Guide
9 months+: Make sure the biscuits are soft and easy to squash between your fingers before serving.
For babies, use only a thin layer of the peanut butter filling rather than a thick mound.
You can also serve a soft biscuit on its own without sandwiching two biscuits together.
Baby-Friendly Tips
- Peanut: Peanut is a common allergen. Use smooth peanut butter, never whole or chopped peanuts.
- Sticky texture: Thick spoonfuls of peanut butter can be difficult for babies to manage. Keep the filling layer thin.
- Texture: Do not overbake. The biscuits should stay soft rather than becoming hard or brittle.
- Wheat: Plain/all-purpose flour contains wheat.
- Dairy: Butter contains milk, a common allergen.
- Maple syrup: This recipe uses maple syrup, not honey.
- Always serve baby seated upright and under close adult supervision.
Recipe Tips
- Use room-temperature butter so it creams smoothly with the peanut butter and maple syrup.
- Use smooth, runny peanut butter in the biscuit dough.
- For the filling, use a thicker smooth peanut butter so the sandwich stays together.
- Watch the biscuits closely during the short bake time. They should only just begin to brown.
