Chocolate Heart Peanut Butter Cookies

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The perfect treat for Valentine's Day!

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Prep Time 25

Cook Time 10

Chill Time 1

Total Time 1 35

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings cookies (1 per serving)

Calories 142 kcal

Ingredients

1¾ cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup (1 stick) salted butter
½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup packed light brown sugar
½ cup granulated white sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 tablesppons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
additional white sugar, for rolling
36 Reeses Peanut Butter Hearts (see *Tips below), unwrapped!

Instructions

Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to combine the butter, peanut butter and sugars until smooth. Add in the egg, milk and vanilla and mix again. Stir in the dry ingredients. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough for about an hour until it is slightly firm.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat mats. Make some room in your refrigerator or freezer for one cookie sheet.
Shape the dough into 1½-inch balls and roll in sugar. Place the sugared cookie dough balls on one baking sheet, about 1½-inches apart.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until the cookies are set and golden. Remove from the oven and immediately press one peanut butter heart into the center of each cookie. Place the cookie sheet in the refrigerator or freezer until the chocolate is set (the Reeses hearts will get melty when you press them into the cookies, but they will harden-up again once they have cooled down). Repeat with the remaining cookie dough and PB hearts.

Notes

*Tips: Look for the Reeses PB Hearts in the Valentine Candy aisle in your market, drugstore, Target, etc. If you're unable to locate them, you can always use just regular chocolate hearts.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 142kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 134mgPotassium: 64mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 95IUVitamin C: 0.03mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.5mg

Keyword chocolate, peanut butter, peanut butter cookies, peanut butter cups, Resses, Valentine's Day

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