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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, with a whole peanut butter cup melted into the top right after baking. Yum!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Cooling Time10 minutes
Total Time32 minutes
Servings: 16 cookies
Author: Vicki @ Passionate Baker

Ingredients

  • 220 g plain flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 113 g salted butter, at room temp
  • 180 g peanut butter
  • 100 g granulated sugar
  • 100 g light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 150 g dark chocolate, chopped
  • 16 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 170°C & line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • In a medium bowl mix the flour with the baking powder. Set aside. 
  • In a large bowl, with the use of an electric mixer, beat the butter, peanut butter & sugars until light & fluffy. Beat in the egg & the vanilla. 
  • Slowly add the dry ingredients into the mix, beating on a slow speed until a dough ball forms. 
  • Using your hands, add the chocolate chunks into the mix. Once combined, divide the dough up into 16 equal balls of dough - about 56g each - and place onto the prepared baking trays. Before placing in the oven, flatten each ball down so that it forms a rough disk shape.
  • Bake the cookies in the oven for 9 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven & immediately press a peanut butter cup into the centre of each cookie, then place back into the oven for a further 3 minutes.
  • Remove the cookies from the oven & allow to cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheet before being transferred to a wire rack to cool completely.