Reese's Overloaded Peanut Butter Cookies from Tastes of Lizzy T

Reese's Overloaded Peanut Butter Cookies - made dough November 10, 2023 from Tastes of Lizzy T 

3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup butter, room temperature

1 cup dark brown sugar, packed

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 large egg

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups quartered mini Reese's peanut butter cups

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together peanut butter and butter until well blended.
3. Beat in the sugar, baking powder and baking soda until combined. Beat in egg then vanilla until combined.
4. Add flour and mix on low speed until just combined. Fold in the peanut butter cups and mini chocolate chips.
5. Portion dough into golf-ball-size dough balls and evenly space onto baking sheets. Press cookies slightly with the bottom of a round glass dipped in granulated sugar.
6. Bake for 10 minutes; do not overbake. Let cool on baking sheets for 3-5 minutes then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.

Alrighty, peanut butter and chocolate lovers, step on up. Any good peanut butter cookie recipe will do if you want to use up leftover Reese's peanut butter cups but I liked this recipe for how thick they stayed.

They're not as delicate or crumbly as some peanut butter cookies tend to be but they're not super soft fragile either. Actually, they were perfect to send in military care packages as they were sturdy. I vacuum sealed them first and wedged them into the shipping boxes so hopefully they won't arrive as crumbs.

Texture-wise, they're similar to a good chocolate chip cookie but flavored with peanut butter. I wish I was more crazy for peanut butter so I could sing more praises about this cookie. It's good, don't get me wrong, and my niece's boyfriend, who loves peanut butter, would probably love these. 

So if you love peanut butter and chocolate, give these a try.