Best Cookies You Will Ever Eat...Unless Your Allergic to Peanut Butter.

My extremely heath conscious brother-in-law specifically asked me for this recipe. If a man who watches his health as much Jason does asks for a cookie recipe, then you know it's really good.


Loaded Peanut Butter Cookies (picture pending)


1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder (I use the dark chocolate kind)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips (I use dark chocolate)
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 cup Reese's Pieces (I use the tiny baking kind, but you can use regular size as well)
1 package of mini Reese's peanut butter cups cut in half and frozen (Make sure you cut them BEFORE you freeze them.)


Preheat oven to 350 degrees


In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream together the butter, peanut butter, white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, and baking soda; stir into the peanut butter mixture. Mix in the chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and Reese's Pieces. (Mix the Pieces in my hand or the shells will get cracked and busted up in the mixer.)


Drop by tablespoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Push one frozen peanut butter cup half into the center of each ball of dough. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. (I lean to the 8 min side. I like them gooey.) Let cool for a few minutes on the cookies sheet before moving, or they will fall apart. 


Credit for this recipe does to my friend April Ashton. This will be one of my top 5 favorite sweets for a very long time.


Enjoy, and let me know what you think when you try it....cause you know you will. :)