Peanut butter cookies with reeses pieces and reeses cups

This top-rated peanut butter cookie recipe is decadence incarnate. Mini peanut butter cups are pressed into freshly baked homemade peanut butter cookies, resulting in an indulgent dessert that nobody will be able to resist.

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How to Make Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies | Photo by Allrecipes.

You'll be shocked how easy it is to make these peanut butter cookies. The full, step-by-step recipe is below — but here's a quick overview of what you can expect:

Prepare the cookie dough by sifting together the dry ingredients, mixing the wet ingredients, and combining all the ingredients in a large bowl. Roll the dough into balls and place each ball into individual wells in a mini muffin tin. Bake the cookies. Immediately upon taking the cookies out of the oven, press a mini peanut butter cup into each cookie. Allow to cool and carefully remove from the tin to serve.

"Forget the fancy, gussied up desserts," says culinary producer Nicole McLaughlin (a.k.a. NicoleMcMom). "Sometimes the good ol' classics are the best. Here are Nicole's tips for making the best peanut butter cup cookies ever:

· Don't forget to sift the dry ingredients together to avoid clumping. It seems easier to just stir them together, but this step is well worth the extra effort.
· Unwrap your candies while the cookies are still in the oven. You need to work fast, pressing the chocolate into the cookies while they're still warm. Don't waste time unwrapping!

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How to Store Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Store these peanut butter cup cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to four days (if they last that long!).

Yes! You can absolutely freeze peanut butter cookie dough.

Simply follow the recipe instructions until it's time to bake. Instead of baking, cover the muffin tin and place in the freezer for at least three hours or up to overnight. Transfer the now-frozen cookie dough to a zip-top freezer bag or freezer-safe storage container. Freeze for up to three months.

You can thaw the dough in the fridge overnight or bake from frozen — just add a few minutes to the bake time (press the peanut butter cup into the cookie immediately after baking).

Allrecipes Community Tips and Praise

"We LOVED these," says mrsparker. "They are simply delectable! A couple tips: Freeze the mini peanut butter cups before using them so they don't fall apart. Also, let these cool long enough before taking them out of the pan. If you're in a hurry, put them in the garage or freezer to cool faster."

"Excellent cookies," raves one Allrecipes community member. "I substituted shortening in place of the butter and because I do not have a mini muffin tin, I used a regular baking sheet. This worked very well and the cookies turned out soft and delicious."

"Didn't change anything in this recipe, except to make a thumbprint in the center of each ball before baking so the cookie didn't crack so much when I pushed the peanut butter cup into it," according to lgt240. "These were awesome! I can't wait to try them with the brownie mix that I read about in one of the reviews."

Editorial contributions by Corey Williams

Peanut butter cookies with reeses pieces and reeses cups

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December 22, 2021

These Peanut Butter Cookies are peanut butter cookie cups stuffed with a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup.  These cookies are a fail proof dessert recipe great for any occasion and perfect for Christmas plates.

Peanut butter cookies with reeses pieces and reeses cups

PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

Living in my house is like living in a casino. You never have any idea what time it actually is and we want to keep you here as long as we can. 🙂 We have approximately 6 clocks hanging on the walls in our house and every single one is set to a different time.

I know that the one in the kitchen is 15 minutes fast, the one in the kids room is about 5 minutes fast, and the one in the bathroom is never working. I blame it on the humidity because new batteries only last a few weeks in any clock we put in there.

Peanut butter cookies with reeses pieces and reeses cups

A couple of weeks ago I was on my way to a church function and as I got in my car I noticed that I was running 15 minutes later than I thought according to my car’s clock (which is 2 minutes fast). I had just checked and we were supposed to be right on time – according to my adjustment for the 15 minute ahead kitchen clock.

We’re all kinds of disfunctional over here. Come to find out someone had set all of the clocks to the correct time. The nerve!!! I mean it’s just way to easy to know the actual time. How else am I supposed to keep up my math skills since my babies ate my brain cells?

Peanut butter cookies with reeses pieces and reeses cups

Anywho…these Peanut Butter Cookie Cups are a no-brainer. Meaning that at 6:57 you can decide a treat and by 7:05 – 8 minutes later (ha, I do have math skills), you can have these babies in the oven. Assuming also that you have 5 kids that are vigorously unwrapping peanut butter cups.

We did have a few casualties in the process. This recipe was supposed to make about 40 and we ended up with a little over 2 dozen after the littles ate their share of peanut butter cups.When they come out of the oven you press a peanut butter cup in the center which kind of warms it up resulting in a gooey piece of perfection.

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Peanut butter cookies with reeses pieces and reeses cups

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Yield: 30 cookies

These Peanut Butter Cookies are peanut butter cookie cups stuffed with a mini Reese's peanut butter cup.

  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • about 30-40 miniature Reese's butter cups unwrapped

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda in a medium bowl; set aside.

  2. Cream together the butter, sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla and milk. Add the flour mixture; mix well. Shape into 1 inch balls and place each into a greased mini muffin tin (or use paper liners).

  3. Bake at 375 degrees for about 8 minutes. Do not overbake! Remove from oven and immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into each ball. Cool and carefully remove from pan.

Source: Allrecipes: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/9471/peanut-butter-cup-cookies/

Amount per serving (1grams) —

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: peanut butter cup cookie recipe, peanut butter cup cookies

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