Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Day 12:  25 Days of Christmas – Cookie Style

Who doesn’t love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate?  I have made this recipe for several years now and not just during the holiday time.  I can’t take credit for this recipe though.  I originally got this from a package of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups a few years ago.  I tweaked it slightly from the original.  So if you are looking for an easy cookie recipe – this one is for you.  Even if you don’t feel like making the dough strictly from scratch, see tips below for an alternative way to simplify even further!   The hardest part will be unwrapping all the Reese’s cups!  :)

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Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

 

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Author: Sweet Dash of Sass

Recipe type: Dessert

Serves: 36-40 cookies

Ingredients

• About 40 Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
• Dough:
• ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar, packed
• ½ cup Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1 egg
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1½ cups flour
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• For Rolling:
• ⅓ cup sugar for rolling

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Unwrap wrappers off all Reese’s cups.
3. Beat butter, both sugars, peanut butter, egg and vanilla until fluffy in a large bowl. Add salt and baking soda and mix well. Slowly add flour and beat until fully incorporated.
4. With a small cookie scoop, scoop out ball of dough and roll ball in the sugar. Note: If you don’t have a cookie scoop, shape dough into 1-inch portions.
5. Place balls into an ungreased mini muffin pan. Do not flatten.
6. Bake or 10-12 minutes until puffed and lightly golden brown. As soon as you pull out cookies from oven, press 1 Reese’s Cup into the center of each cookie. Cool completely in muffin pan before removing.

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Tip #1:  Simplify the recipe even further…..Don’t want to make your own peanut butter dough from scratch? Use Betty Crocker Cookie Mix (17.5 oz) — just follow the steps on package for making the dough.  Then, roll in sugar and follow remaining steps above.

Tip #2:  Definitely invest in a cookie scoop!  Saves you from rolling out cookies to a particular size!  The cookie scoop definitely comes in handy since some doughs can be sticky to work with.

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