Peanut Butter Cookies with Reeses Pieces
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Soft, chewy Peanut Butter Cookies with Reeses Pieces used to be a fun after dinner treat when we ate at Quizno’s. This was many, many years ago and they no longer sell those giant, delicious cookies. Good thing for me {and you} that I was craving them the other day and decided to recreate them at home…..
My Peanut Butter Cookies with Reese’s Pieces® are nowhere near as large as the one’s sold at Quizno’s, but they do not need to be! My version are just over 4 inches in diameter, where the originals were probably closer to 7 inches!!
How to make Peanut Butter Cookies with Reese’s Pieces:
I started thinking about how those super soft, packaged {processed} cookies are made, and I am willing to bet that they do not use butter! I did not want to use all oil, so I went with a combination of half butter and half sunflower oil…..
and I beat it until it came together. Next I beat in the peanut butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs until light and fluffy…..
So far so good. 😉 Now add the flour, salt, and baking soda and beat just until combined. Stir in a cup of Reese’s pieces®…..
E.T. phone home…..okay, so now grab the largest ice cream scoop that you have. Mine is an ice cream scoop from a restaurant supply store…..
It has the number 20 stamped in a circle on the lever and holds about 3 Tablespoons. Place on silpat/parchment paper lined baking sheets…..
I added a few extra Reese’s pieces on top since the others disappeared into the dough. 😉 Space your cookies so they have a bit of room to spread and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 15 minutes…..
The cookies are set but not fully cooked, they are still gooey in the center. Allow to cool on the baking sheet for 10 to 15 minutes before moving them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely…..
They turned out soft and chewy just like I was hoping they would!! It is now two days later and they are still soft!
If you are using a smaller cookie scoop, reduce your cooking time to somewhere between 8 and 12 minutes. If you prefer hard, crunchy cookies then cook them longer, LOL.
More delicious cookie recipes:
- Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Pecan Cookies {vegan}
- Compost Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Double Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- White Chocolate M&M Cookies
Enjoy!!
Peanut Butter Cookies with Reese's Pieces
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup sunflower oil
- 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup all-natural peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup Reese's pieces®
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with silpat or parchment paper, set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat together butter, oil, and peanut butter until creamy.
- Add the sugars, vanilla, and eggs and beat until fluffy.
- Mix in the salt, flour, and baking soda. Beat just until combined.
- Stir in the Reese's pieces®.
- I used an ice cream scoop {size 20/approximately 3 Tablespoons} to scoop my cookies. Place on prepared baking sheets leaving space for them to spread.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Cookies will be set, but still gooey in the center.
- Allow to cool on cookie sheet for 10 to 15 minutes, then move them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
I could eat a whole tray of these right now!!!
I wish you were here to help me eat the whole tray Claire!! 😉
Lisa, I love, love, love peanut butter cookies and I wish I was there to help you eat these!!! Visiting from The Pretty Pintastic Party! 🙂 Have a lovely holiday weekend!
Hello Gorgeous! This looks incredible! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm, so we can party with you! Lou Lou Girls