Description
Peanut butter cup Christmas cookies blend rich chocolate and creamy peanut butter into festive holiday treats. Delightful morsels promise sweet celebration for cookie enthusiasts craving seasonal indulgence you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup (113 g / 4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup (128 g / 4.5 oz) creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup (100 g / 3.5 oz) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (110 g / 3.9 oz) brown sugar, packed
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ cups (180 g / 6.3 oz) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 36 mini Reeses peanut butter cups, unwrapped
Instructions
- Oven Preparation: Preheat the oven to 375F (190C) and prepare a mini muffin tin with liners or a light grease coating.
- Mixing Base: Whip softened butter, peanut butter, granulated and brown sugars into a fluffy blend. Integrate egg and vanilla extract until thoroughly combined.
- Dough Development: Blend flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl. Gently fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture, creating a smooth, consistent dough.
- Cookie Formation: Roll dough into uniform one-inch spheres and place each carefully into the mini muffin tin compartments.
- Baking Process: Bake for 8-10 minutes until edges turn golden, indicating perfect doneness.
- Chocolate Embellishment: Immediately after removing from the oven, press a mini Reeses peanut butter cup into the center of each warm cookie, embracing potential slight surface cracking.
- Cooling Strategy: Rest cookies in the tin for ten minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to complete cooling. Optionally adorn with melted white chocolate or festive sprinkles for a holiday-inspired presentation.
Notes
- Maintain Precise Temperature: Ensure oven is exactly 375F to prevent burning or undercooking, which can dramatically affect cookie texture and taste.
- Handle Dough Gently: Avoid overmixing when combining wet and dry ingredients to keep cookies tender and prevent tough, dense results.
- Press Carefully with Peanut Butter Cups: Use soft, gentle pressure when inserting Reeses cups to prevent cookie cracking or breaking the delicate base.
- Cool Strategically: Let cookies rest in muffin tin for exactly 10 minutes to help them set properly before transferring, reducing potential crumbling.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 23
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 80 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg