Reeses Peanut Butter Cookies
Servings: 10 cookies
Calories: 289kcal
These Reeses Peanut Butter Cookies are the marriage between a soft peanut butter cookie with chunks of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and a creamy, smooth peanut butter topping with even more peanut butter cup pieces. Peanut butter lovers will go nuts over these.
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Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , room temperature
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs , room temperature
- ½ cup Reese’s peanut butter cups , chopped
Cookie Topping
- 1 cup Reese's peanut butter chips
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- ½ cup Reese’s peanut butter cups , chopped
Instructions
Cookies:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line an insulated cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium mixing sift or whisk together the 3 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, and ½ teaspoon cream of tartar.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the 1/2 cup unsalted butter until light and fluffy. Add the ½ cup creamy peanut butter, ½ cup light brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, mix well, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
- Stir in the 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and 2 eggs until no streaks remain.
- Using a rubber spatula, fold in the chopped ½ cup Reese’s peanut butter cups by hand.
- Using a large cookie scoop (2 tablespoons) , scoop cookie dough into 10 balls. Place them onto the prepared cookie sheet, leaving 2 inches between. You might need to work in 2 batches.
- Using the bottom of a flat glass or measuring cup, flatten each cookie dough ball to about ½ inch thickness.
- Bake the cookies for 10 minutes and allow them to cool completely after baking.
Topping:
- Melt the 1 cup Reese's peanut butter chips and 1 teaspoon coconut oil in the microwave in 30-second increments, stirring in between until smooth.
- Using a spoon, pour the peanut butter mixture over the top of each cookie
- Sprinkle with chopped ½ cup Reese’s peanut butter cups.
- If you've tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in the comments or star ratings.
Nutrition
Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 163mg | Potassium: 171mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 48IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 74mg | Iron: 2mg
