Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Halloween Cookies
















This recipe is from cookiemadness.net; I modified it just a bit to reflect the ingredients I had on hand. I decided to call them Halloween cookies because of the color of the Reese's Pieces and because they have so much candy in them. Definitely serve these with milk. They are very rich! —PHH

Halloween Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 package semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 package peanut butter chips
1 package Reese's Miniature Peanut Butter Cups, cut in half (place in freezer for about 15 minutes to make cutting easier)
1 small package Reese's Pieces

1. Beat butter, peanut butter, and sugar with an electric mixer until blended. Add in eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
2. Combine flour and next two ingredients. Gradually add to peanut butter mixture until blended. Stir in remaining ingredients.
3. Spoon dough onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. (Note: I use a tablespoon-size scoop to perfectly size cookies.)
4. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes. Cool on pans 10 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Makes about 6 dozen cookies.

1 comment:

Shelli said...

I can testify these are fabulous, especially when you're lucky enough to have them warm :o) tee hee