Saturday, April 2, 2011

Loaded Peanut Butter Cookies

This is just wishful thinking. I don't know as I would ever make these, but they sound so good to me. Too bad we don't live closer - someone might make them for me...

1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder (can use the dark chocolate kind)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (again - dark chocolate)
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 cup Reese's Pieces (the tiny baking kind, but you can use regular size as well)
1 package of mini Reese's peanut butter cups cut in half and frozen (Make sure you cut them BEFORE you freeze them.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream together the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, and baking soda; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and Reese's Pieces. (Mix the Pieces in my hand or the shells will get cracked and busted up in the mixer.)

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Push one frozen peanut butter cup half into the center of each ball of dough. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes on the cookies sheet before moving, or they will fall apart

2 comments:

  1. [I substituted these for the chocolate muffins, just so you know.] I couldn't find any Reese's Pieces, so they're not quite as loaded as they were meant to be, but they are still right tasty. It is too bad you don't live closer, Melissa . . . but thanks for the recipe! :)

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  2. These are so very good. Even better if you don't have to make them yourself.

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