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Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies

Soft, chewy and absolutely delicious these Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies are stuffed with Reese's Pieces and a family hit.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine: Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies
Servings: 16
Calories: 227kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup salted butter melted
  • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
  • cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Reese's Pieces

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, with an electric hand mixer, beat together the melted butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until combined.
  • Then beat in the egg and vanilla, until well incorporated.
  • Add the dry ingredients (to the wet ingredients. Using a wooden spoon, mix this until just combined.
  • Fold in the Reese’s pieces.
  • Line your baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats. Using a cookie scoop, grab some of your cookie dough and shape the dough into 16 balls and smooth out using your hands.
  • Place the cookie dough balls on the prepared baking sheets, leaving at least 2 inches of space between each one. Flatten each one just slightly with the bottom of a heavy glass.
  • Bake the cookies for 10 minutes until the edges to be just starting to turn golden, and the middle should still be soft.
  • Once they are done baking, remove from the oven and press more Reese's Pieces to the top of each cookie.
  • Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. Then move them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Notes

  1. Easily double this recipe to make more.
  2. These can be frozen, see above on how to do that.
  3. You can make the cookie dough up to 3 days in advance and store covered in the refrigerator.
  4. Add other mix-ins to this recipe, see above for some ideas.
  5. You do not have to roll and press down the cookies, we do it for a nice smooth top.
  6. Press more Reese's Pieces into the tops of your cookies once they come out of the oven.
  7. Use chunky peanut butter instead of creamy.
  8. You can omit the salt if you'd like or switch to unsalted butter and keep the salt if you do not want that much salt in your recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 227kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 179mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 192IU | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg