Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookies
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Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookies
Description
The Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookies use old fashioned oats and all-purpose flour for a slightly chewy texture. Creaming butter, peanut butter, and sugars together before folding in dry ingredients yields a tender base. The addition of peanut butter chips, Reese's Pieces, and chopped peanut butter cups adds bursts of chocolate and peanut flavor throughout. Baking at 350°F for about 10-12 minutes produces cookies with golden edges that remain soft inside. Sprinkling flaky sea salt on the warm cookies enhances the multi-dimensional flavor, cutting through the sweetness and highlighting the peanut butter.
These cookies work well as a snack or dessert and bring varied texture from the added mix-ins. They are best served fresh but can be stored in an airtight container.
The recipe suggests optionally pressing extra candies on top immediately after baking to create a more decorative appearance.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter unsalted, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup peanut butter creamy
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup peanut butter chips
- 3/4 cup Reese's Pieces
- 3/4 cup peanut butter cups chopped
- sea salt for sprinkling on cookies, flake
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Line two large baking sheet with Silpat baking mats or parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the oats, flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer or hand held mixer, beat the butter, peanut butter, and sugars together until creamy and smooth, on medium speed. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula, if necessary. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined.
- Add in the dry ingredients and mix on low until just until the combined. Don't over mix. Gently stir in the peanut butter chips, Reese's Pieces, and chopped peanut butter cups.
- Scoop the cookies into round balls, about 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie, and place on the prepared baking sheets, leaving 2 inches in between cookies. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the cookies are lightly browned around the edges, but still soft in the middle.
- Remove cookies from oven and sprinkle the cookies with sea salt. You can also gently press additional chips, candies, and peanut butter cups on top of the cookies to make them look extra pretty. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes or until set. When set, transfer cookies to a wire rack and cool completely.
Notes
- Press additional Reese's Pieces and chopped peanut butter cups onto the cookies right after baking for a decorative look.
- Use room temperature butter for easier creaming and better dough consistency.
- Sprinkle cookies with flaky sea salt immediately after removing from oven to enhance flavor.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 20Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 281 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 281kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 32g | 11% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 22mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 196mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 139mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 22g | 44% |
| Vitamin A | 160IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 26mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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