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Homemade peanut butter cup cookies, with gooey chocolate and peanut butter centers, cut open to show soft, golden, freshly baked texture.

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

5 from 1 vote
Soft, chewy Peanut Butter Cup Cookies with mini Reese's cups pressed in while warm. A family favorite that's easy to make and always impresses!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 34 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 190
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Butter - Softened
  • 1 cup Brown sugar - Packed
  • 1 cup White sugar
  • 1 cup Creamy peanut butter - Or crunchy if preferred
  • 2 Eggs - Large
  • 2.5 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 0.5 teaspoon Salt
  • 24 Mini peanut butter cups - Unwrapped (or more, in case some get eaten)

Equipment

  • 1 Electric mixer (Stand or handheld)
  • 1 Large mixing bowl
  • 2 Cookie sheets (Unlined or ungreased)
  • 1 Measuring cups
  • 1 Measuring spoons
  • 1 Cookie scoop (Or tablespoon for shaping dough)
  • 1 Cooling rack (Optional but recommended)

Method
 

  1. Cream butter and sugars, add peanut butter and eggs, mix in dry ingredients
    Homemade peanut butter cookie dough in a large stainless steel mixing bowl on a white countertop, showing a soft, creamy texture ready for baking.
  2. Shape dough into balls, place on baking sheet, preheat oven
    Unbaked peanut butter cookie dough balls arranged on a parchment-lined baking sheet, with more dough in a bowl and some placed in a lined mini muffin tin, ready for baking.
  3. Bake cookies until edges are set, centers slightly underdone
  4. Press peanut butter cups into hot cookies, cool briefly
    Freshly baked peanut butter cup cookies in a muffin tin, each golden cookie topped with a slightly melted mini peanut butter cup pressed into the center, still warm from the oven.
  5. Transfer to rack, let cool completely

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 190kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 4gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 100mgPotassium: 110mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 150IUCalcium: 15mgIron: 0.8mg

Notes

Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should be considered an approximation. Actual values may vary based on specific ingredients used and portion sizes

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