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Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Delicious peanut butter cookies filled with Reese's cups, perfect for dessert lovers.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Total Time 21 minutes
Servings: 24
Cuisine: Chinese
Calories: 120
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Main Ingredients
  • 1.25 cups unsalted butter
  • 0.5 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 cups light brown sugar
  • 1.5 cups peanut butter
  • 0.33 cups whole milk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1.5 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1.5 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 2 bags (10 ounce) peanut butter morsels
  • 40 mini Reese's peanut butter cups chopped

Method
 

Preparation Steps
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with sugars and peanut butter until creamy and well combined. Add milk and vanilla until blended. Add eggs and beat until combined. Beat in flour, salt, baking soda, and cornstarch just until blended. Fold in peanut butter morsels.
  3. Drop 2 tablespoons of cookie dough onto parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Flatten with fork. Chop each peanut butter cup into fourths and press into tops of cookies.
  4. Bake for 11-13 minutes. Allow to cool 2 minutes on pan, transfer to wire rack and cool completely.

Notes

Store cookies in an airtight container for best freshness.