Big, chewy peanut butter cookies just like you remember from school lunches! These come with the added bonus of Reese’s pieces mixed in.
Before I baked these, Brent saw the bag of Reeses Pieces and said, “what is this?” in an accusatory tone. He is on a diet right now, preparing for Medical Officer basic training in July and keeping unhealthy things away has been key.
Actually, the key has been to hide the goodies so that I don’t have to be completely on his diet as well. I need fat and sugar!!
That’s where these cookies come in to play. They are sooo soft. They may be undercooked but I wouldn’t have them any other way. That peanut butter-honey mixture is essential and then the Reeses Pieces seal the deal.
Elle’s New England Kitchen made a huge batch (75!) of medium sized (3 inch) cookies from the original recipe. But I can only hide so many cookies around here, so I took a chance and halved the recipe (with a little extra flour). Making large cookies this version came out to 2 dozen ridiculously good cookies.
BTW, I think I have a serious addiction to baked goods – I continue to turn on my oven despite the ongoing heat vs A/C battle. (Totally worth it.)
Post updated 5/28/20, photo above is the original.
Source: Adapted from Elle’s New England Kitchen.
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18 comments
I’m confused on the amount of butter 4 tbsp is not 1/2 a stick and 3/4 cup is not 1.5 sticks.
The sticks of butter I use are 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp), so that’s how it works out for me!
I bake all summer. I can’t help myself. And anything with Reese’s Pieces sounds amazing.
Better than my moms!
AWESOME cookies!!!!!
I’d have to agree. One of my favorites!
Hey, Erin! I stumbled upon this post! :) Gave you a big thumb up! :)
Thank you so much! I love these cookies.
Peanutbutter cookies are quite wonderful!
I can’t wait to try these!
Oh my goodness you’ll love them!
Ohhh, my heavens. Now, I loved your skillet chicken recipe. Parmesan-roasted broccoli? Fabulous. But you know what? I love me some baked goods. I need my fat and sugar too.
Yum.
They were very very amazingly good!
I try to rationalize my summer baking by doing it first thing in the morning before the temperature soars. ;)
Such yummy looking cookies. Peanut butter heaven.
Definitely peanut butter heaven.
Oh my gosh, they look fantastic! Just like mine did, which has now given me a huge craving to make them again. They really are my favorite cookie, even topping the ever loved chocolate chip. Halving the batch was a good idea, since the regular size makes so many!
Thanks for the shout out! :)
No problem, thanks for the recipe!
Is there anything better than a peanut butter cookie? I think NOT!