Yield: 18 large cookies
Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies
These giant Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies are loaded with mini Reese's cups inside and topped with a full sized peanut butter cup on top! These impressive cookies stay soft for days, making them perfect for gifting or a cookie exchange.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (8 oz) bag mini Reese's peanut butter cups
- 18 full-size Reese's peanut butter cups, unwrapped
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter, peanut butter and sugars, until light and fluffy. Add in the egg and vanilla.
- Gradually add in the flour mixture on low speed. Stir until dough forms. Then fold in the mini peanut butter cups by hand.
- Using your hands, form balls of dough with 2 heaping tablespoons of dough. Gently flatten cookie dough (to form a disk shape) and place on prepared baking sheets.
- Bake for 1o to 12 minutes, until the edges are set, and remove from oven. Immediately press a full size peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie.
- Let cool for 10 minutes, before transferring cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Storage: Store these Reese’s peanut butter cookies in an airtight container for up to five days. Add a slice of white bread to the container to keep your cookies extra soft, replace it every few days as it becomes stale.
Don’t Over Bake: These cookies only bake for about 11 minutes, they will still look soft in the center when you take them out of the oven, but they will firm up as they cool.
Unwrap Before: Make sure to unwrap all the peanut butter cups before you start. Once the cookies come out of the oven, you want to be able to immediately press the full size Reese’s into the center.
Speed Up Cooling: It will take a while for the peanut butter cups to cool and harden again to store. It's best to let the cookies cool at room temperature, but if you are in a rush, you can place the cookie sheets in the fridge to speed up the cooling process.
Nutrition
Serving: 1, Calories: 382kcal, Carbohydrates: 49g, Protein: 9g, Fat: 20g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 14mg, Sodium: 326mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 34g