Description
Chocolate-loving souls will rejoice over these irresistible peanut butter cup cookies, blending rich Reese’s candies with classic cookie comfort. Sweet meets salty in each delectable bite, promising pure dessert bliss that draws you straight into cookie paradise.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup (113 g) peanut butter, creamy
- ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (110 g) brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups (180 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 24 mini Reese’s peanut butter cups, unwrapped
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Heat oven to 350F (175C) and prepare mini muffin tin with non-stick spray or liners.
- Dough Creation: Cream butter, peanut butter, granulated and brown sugars until smooth and fluffy. Incorporate egg and vanilla extract thoroughly. In a separate bowl, blend flour, baking soda, and salt, then gradually fold into wet mixture until uniform dough forms.
- Cookie Shaping: Craft uniform 1-inch dough spheres and nestle each into muffin tin cavities. Bake for 8-10 minutes, achieving a delicate golden exterior while maintaining a tender center.
- Chocolate Embellishment: Immediately post-baking, gently press miniature Reeses peanut butter cups into cookie centers, allowing chocolate to slightly melt and integrate with warm cookie base.
- Cooling Process: Allow cookies to rest in tin for 5 minutes, facilitating structural stability, then transfer to wire cooling rack. Permit chocolate to solidify or serve while still warmly inviting, with melted chocolate centers.
Notes
- Ensure butter is at room temperature for smooth, even mixing and optimal cookie texture.
- Avoid overmixing the dough to prevent tough cookies; mix just until ingredients are combined.
- Use a small cookie scoop or tablespoon to create consistent-sized balls for even baking.
- Add Reese’s cups immediately after baking while cookies are still warm to help them sink perfectly into the soft center.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg