Reese's Peanut Butter Egg Cookies

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Friday, April 10, 2009








Reese's Peanut Butter Egg Cookies

2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
20 Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs, chilled

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat cookie sheets with cooking spray.

In a medium sized mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt. In a large mixing bowl, using a mixer on medium speed, beat together butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until creamy, about 1-2 minutes; beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour mixture until just combined. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Take a heaping tablespoon of dough into palm of hand and flatten to about 1/8-inch thick; place peanut butter egg into the center, wrap dough around egg and smooth out the surface. Place on cookie sheets and repeat process. Space the cookies about 1 1/2-inches apart. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

Makes 20 big cookies.


54 comments on "Reese's Peanut Butter Egg Cookies"
  1. oh god! what a delicious cookie. this is my dream cookies. looks so so good. yummy

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  2. No doubt these would be on the top of my list of snacks over the holidays....but can I eat just one?

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  3. I wish this blog had "smellovision". I'm drooling just looking at the pictures of those cookies!

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  4. You are so cute! And there's never any leftover candy to use up here.

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  5. So agree...Reeses pb eggs are the best.

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  6. UMM HELLO!!! Reese's Eggs are like the best in the world...so much better than an actual reese's!! All that peanut buttery goodness! I am so going to have to make these!! yumm!

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  7. YES! The PB eggs are the best candy. Hands down. There's something about the eggs in particular, too, that even makes them better than a regular Reese's. I love them. So, naturally, I can't wait to try these cookies. I'm going to have to hide the candy around my house...not for the fun of finding it, like when we were little, but more so that I don't scarf and entire bag of Reese's at once.

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  8. OH MY GOD!!! Absolutely yummy Emily!!! xxGloria

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  9. They are the best! I ate a 6 pack in one day.
    Have you seen the commercial where the bunny meets the peanut butter and then... out pops these eggs? It's hilarious.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLKmr-tS9yU

    Can't wait to have a kitchen again so I can make these cookies! :)

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  10. OH MY... totally drooling on my keyboard over here. I agree those are my #1 favorite easter candy :)

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  11. oh you wicked! :)

    those are my favorite. favorite easter candy of all times and i have already OD'd on them this year. so i'm over them. for the time being... until i saw your fippin post... :)
    YUM

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  12. Yummy, have a bag of these waiting to be used. Thanks

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  13. OH...MY...GOSH! You had me at "Reese's Peanut Butter..." :) These look AMAZING. Reese's pb eggs are hands down the best Easter candy. I can't wait to make these cookies. Love the video.

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  14. We lived in MA when the Easter Bunny visited us and it was usually too cold to hide eggs outside, so we scourged the living room for candy, too! When we moved West we were surprised to find that the Easter Bunny hid eggs OUTSIDE! Imagine! LOL It's so great the way you come up with all these recipes... your mind must be 'cooking' 24 hours a day!

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  15. Mmmmmm, peanut butter egg cookies. Looks great. :)

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  16. Yum - Reese's Eggs are my favorite Easter candy! I love the higher peanut butter to chocolate ratio compared to regular peanut butter cups. Your cookies look fantastic!

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  17. oh my gosh -i love how the inside shot of the dense peanut butter!

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  18. Must be an Ozarks thing - When we were kids we always had our egg hunts in the living room as well!

    I can only guess that it kept the ants off the goodies and the unfound bits out of the lawnmower.

    --Sean
    (grew up in Fayetteville, now in Seattle)

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  19. Emily, you are one truly talented cookie maker, no let me take that back. You are one talented baker! Truly delicious looking cookies. WOW!
    Have a wonderful week end Emily,
    elra

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  20. those indeed sound amazingly delicious. i love that you left the egg whole. biting into these must be amazing!

    excited to watch the video :)

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  21. Look at those cookies! Pb eggs are allready delicious, cookie dough too, now join them and I'm so sure I could eat a whole batch. I'm not kidding!

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  22. Yummy that is all I can say. Whomever came up with Peanut butter and chocolate I need to kiss.

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  23. YUM. YUM. YUM. That's it, clear out your spare bedroom, or your attic, or your bathroom or what have you, I'm moving in.

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  24. The Reese's IS the best Easter candy!

    This looks wonderful!

    ;) amy

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  25. your a genius!!
    i LOVE this idea :)

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  26. This is a super cool recipe, definitely original--love it. I'm craving one!

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  27. Didn't know it was possible to improve on reese's peanut butter eggs. Looks amazing :)

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  28. Brilliant, brilliant, BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  29. You had me at "peanut butter egg"! :) What a fabulous way to use them! Peeps don't even belong in the same sentence, though I wouldn't turn down a Cadbury creme egg... :)

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  30. be still my beating heart. there's this switch in my brain that gets so excited every time i see pb :)

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  31. What a great idea! Love the Reeses eggs, but I never buy them because I know I would eat them! But if they are an ingredient in a recipe I must indulge..ha!

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  32. Peanut butter and chocolate are joined at the hip!

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  33. wow these look amazing!! I'm going to have to try them out!

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  34. I watched the whole video. You are great on camera. Well that is practice for your next big scene. A star is born. Go girl!

    My brother and sister-in-law just gave me a birthday gift of a dinner party (at a date TBD) with Top Chef Stephanie Izard cooking for us at home. Cool, huh?

    Lori Lynn

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  35. Yes, absolutely and I'll take three or four of those fantastic cookies!

    Happy Easter!
    ~ingrid

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  36. I am TOTALLY with you. The Reese's eggs are the BEST! I made some cookies similar to this last month except just regular Reese's and a PB cookie.

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  37. We absolutely HAVE TO try this:
    http://theworldsbestfruit.com/?gclid=CP7Zu6iL7ZkCFQoMDQodmxWoRA

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  38. I've never had reese's peanut butter eggs. Your biscuits look great though!

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  39. although i can't agree with you about the eggs being the best easter candy, i will say that these are some terrific cookies. impressive, as usual. :)

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  40. Yum!! This sounds so good, thanks! The easter bunny only hid eggs and candy in our living room too, guess it was too chilly in the yard for him... haha. The best part is that I never ever considered it weird until right now!

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  41. The mere mention of Reeses makes me perk up...you should give THESE away!

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  42. i couldn't agree more; peanut butter eggs ARE the best easter treat!

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  43. Wow... I googled the Reese's PB egg because I'm kinda mad at the Easter Bunny for not leaving MORE Reese's PB Eggs - and I was trying to buy more before they disappear into the hidden earth where things like candy canes and Shamrock Shakes go to live for 11 months each year.
    Now, I found this incredible looking cookie and I'm DOUBLY obsessed with finding more eggs out there!

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  44. Oh ya! I love those eggs. Those look awesome!

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  45. How did I miss this post? Really? How? Can I still get PB eggs now that Easter is over? I'll bet if I could I could get quite a nice discount.

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks Cadbury eggs are overrated.

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  46. Are you kidding me? OMG I think I'm in love with these even without making them (which I have to do right away!)

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  47. Bummer, I missed the giveaway. That's okay, there seems to be plenty of cookies in my life! This looks great. I'm probably a little late on getting some of those Reese's Easter Eggs, but I'll bet mini cups would suffice. And I have those! Great job. Holy Cookies, Batman! Love it!

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  48. Can I cut up Reese's PB Cups instead since Easter is over? Jennifer

    I won't eat any of course I'll just give them all away......NOT!

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