Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Chip Cookies
A chocolate chip cookie packed with peanut butter flavor.
Equipment
- Measuring Spoons
- Measuring Cups
- Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer
- Large bowl
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2/3 cup Reese's Pieces candies
- 12 6oz Reese's Peanut Butter cups chopped
Instructions
- Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl of a stand mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and peanut butter together until creamy.
- Add granulated sugar and brown sugar and beat about 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Scrape down bowl a couple of times.
- Beat in vanilla and eggs one at a time. Again, scraping down bowl.
- Gradually add in dry ingredients and mix on low speed just until combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips, Reese's Pieces candies, and chopped peanut butter cups.
- Cover and chill dough for 2 hours, or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Use a cookie scoop to make tablespoon size cookie dough balls.
- Drop cookie dough, 2 inches apart, on parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake about 10 minutes, until edges are just beginning to turn light golden brown.
- Cool cookies on cookie sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.
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