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Peanut Butter Cookies (Reese’s Cookies)

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Peanut butter cookies packed with chocolate chips, peanuts, chopped peanut butter cups, and Reese’s Pieces.

Ingredients

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180 grams all purpose flour (1 1/3 cups + 1 tablespoon)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
113 grams unsalted butter, softened (1/2 cup / 1 stick)
200 grams granulated sugar (1 cup), plus more for rolling
100 grams light brown sugar (1/2 cup, packed)
130 grams creamy peanut butter (1/2 cup)
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
175 grams semi-sweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
150 grams Reese’s Pieces (3/4 cup)
80 grams Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, unwrapped and chopped (5 snack size cups, or 910 mini cups; about 1/2 cup chopped peanut butter cups)
75 grams roasted and salted peanuts (1/2 cup)

Instructions

In a medium bowl, sift together all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, and kosher salt.  Set aside.

Dry ingredients in bowl

In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, whip butter on high speed until light and fluffy.

Whipped butter in bowl

Add the sugars and mix until well combined.

Butter and sugars in a bowl

Mix in the creamy peanut butter, egg, and vanilla extract.

Adding peanut butter and egg to cookie dough

Peanut butter cookie dough in a bowl

Add the dry ingredients and mix until just barely combined. Do not overmix.

Peanut butter cookie dough in bowl with spatula

With a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, stir in the chocolate chips, Reese’s Pieces, chopped peanut butter cups, and peanuts, reserving a few of each for the tops of the cookies.

Reese's cookie dough in a metal bowl

Cover bowl with clingfilm/plastic wrap and refrigerate at last one hour, or overnight.

Cookie dough in bowl covered with plastic wrap

Preheat oven to 375° F / 190° C. Line a baking tray with parchment or a silicone baking mat.

With a 1 1/2-inch cookie scoop, scoop the dough into 24 portions.

Scoops of peanut butter cookie dough

Use your hands to shape each scoop into a ball, then roll each ball in granulated sugar.

Rolling balls of peanut butter cup cookie dough in sugar

Arrange half of the balls on prepared tray, and use your fingers to flatten slightly. Press a few extra chips, nuts, and candies into the top of each ball.

Balls of peanut butter cup cookie dough on a tray

Pressing additional Reese's Pieces and peanut butter cups into the tops of balls of cookie dough

Bake for 13-15 minutes, or until just lightly golden brown around the edges. Do not overbake.

Reese's cookies on a tray after baking

For perfectly round cookies, immediately reshape each cookie with a large round metal cutter.

Hand reshaping a cookie with a metal cutter

Reese's peanut butter cup cookies on a tray

Cool on tray for 5-10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

wire rack of peanut butter cookies

Repeat with remaining balls of dough.

peanut butter cup cookies on a silicone mat

Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to five days.

 

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