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Updated Aug 18, 2017
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Double delicious! Nestle a bite-size peanut butter cup in a just-baked peanut butter cookie.

More About This Recipe

  • The Peanut Blossom paved the way for peanut cookies with a giant candy in the center in the late 1950s, and we’ve been obsessed with the concept ever since. This easy recipe puts a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup in the center in place of the traditional Hershey’s chocolate kiss, and to make things even better, we added candy to the peanut butter dough, too. Topping the dough with the peanut butter cups immediately after the cookies come out of the oven is an essential step for this recipe to work. At this point, the center of the cookies will be extremely soft, and it will be easy to press the candies into the center. If you wait too long, the cookies will start to set, and your dough can break apart. Once your cookies have completely cooled, you can store them in an airtight container at room temperature. Place waxed paper between the cookie layers to prevent sticking! Can’t get enough of peanut butter cookies? Try these next!

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

  • Prep Time 40 min
  • Total 3 hr 40 min
  • Ingredients 4
  • Servings 24
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in baking bits and peanuts until well blended.
  • Step 
    2
    Onto ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by 24 heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart; flatten each slightly with fingers.
  • Step 
    3
    Bake 10 to 14 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately top each cookie with 1 peanut butter cup; press lightly into dough. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets. Let cookies stand until peanut butter cups are set before storing, about 3 hours.

Nutrition

180 Calories
9g Total Fat
3g Protein
20g Total Carbohydrate
14g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
180
Calories from Fat
80
Total Fat
9g
14%
Saturated Fat
3g
15%
Trans Fat
1/2g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
120mg
5%
Potassium
60mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
20g
7%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
14g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
2%
2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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