Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut butter pie oreos are added to a rich peanut butter cookie dough with honey roasted peanuts, chocolate chips, and stuffed with a peanut butter caramel.
Ingredients
- 2 sticks Butter unsalted, room temperature
- ¼ cup Granulated Sugar
- ¾ cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- ½ cup Peanut Butter I used natural peanut butter, use whatever brand or style you prefer.
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 2½ cups Flour
- ½ cup Honey Roasted Peanuts chopped.
- 1 cup Semisweet Chocolate Chips
- 11 Peanut Butter Pie Oreo Cookies (1 sleeve of cookies) These had so much pb flavor! You can easily substitute with pb oreos or regular oreos.
Peanut Butter Caramel Filling
- 1/2 cup Dulce De Leche I used Nestle Brand
- 3 tbs Peanut Butter I used natural peanut butter. Use any type or brand of peanut butter you like.
Instructions
Peanut Butter Caramel Filling
- In a bowl combine dulce de leche caramel and peanut butter.
- Set aside while preparing cooie dough.
Cookie Dough
- In a bowl combine room temperature butter and both types of sugar. Mix on high with a mixer until soft and creamy.
- Add the peanut butter, vanilla, egg, and egg yolk and continue to mix on high until the mixture is smooth and glossy, around 2 minutes. Scrape down the bowl to make sure everything is mixed in evenly.
- Sift the dry ingredients, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt over the wet mixture. Mix on low until it forms a soft dough.
- With a spatula fold in chopped peanut butter pie Oreos, chopped peanuts, and chocolate chips. Make sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl to ensure everything is mixed evenly.
Stuffed Cookie Assembly
- Using a 2 ounce cookie scoop, scoop a portion of dough. While the cookie dough is still in the scoop, create an indention an inch deep and wide.
- Scoop a ½ teaspoon of peanut butter caramel filling into the indention and pinch dough closed over the filling.
- Release cookie dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining cookie dough and filling.
- Place 6-8 cookies per baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes at 375*F
- Cookies are done when they have golden edges and are slightly puffed.
- Add extra chocolate chips to the tops of the cookies for a decorative finish.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Peanut butter and chocolate come together in a mouthwatering stuffed cookie.