Easy Reese’s Peanut Butter NYC Cookies: The Ultimate Guide
Large peanut butter-stuffed cookies with chocolate chips and a peanut butter drizzle.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 24 minutes
- Total Time: 179 minutes
- Yield: 8 large cookies
- Category: Cookies
Ingredients
Scale
- 125 g butter or margarine (softened)
- 100 g light brown sugar + 50 g white sugar
- 1 egg & ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 310 g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder + ½ tsp baking soda
- 150 g chocolate chips
- 300 g peanut butter (for filling)
- 50 g peanut butter (for topping)
- Mini Reese’s or extra chocolate chips (for decoration)
Instructions
- Divide the 300 g peanut butter for the filling into 8 equal portions on a parchment-lined tray (about 37.5 g each). Freeze for at least 45 minutes.
- Beat the softened butter, light brown sugar and white sugar until creamy. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder and baking soda together. Mix into the butter mixture just until a dough forms, then fold in the chocolate chips. If sticky, chill for 15–20 minutes.
- Divide the dough into 8 equal portions. Flatten each portion, place a frozen peanut butter portion in the center, then enclose and seal it completely. Freeze the stuffed dough balls for at least 45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Line two baking trays and arrange 4 cookies per tray with room to spread.
- Bake each tray for 10–12 minutes, until the edges are golden and set and the centers are soft. Leave on the tray for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack and cool.
- Gently warm the 50 g topping peanut butter until fluid, about 15 seconds in the microwave. Drizzle over cooled cookies and add the optional decorations.
Notes
Preparation, total time and any batch-cooking or cooling allowances are estimates, not kitchen-tested timings. Follow the per-tray baking range and doneness cues in the instructions. Allow all stated chilling, freezing and cooling time; larger portions and extra oven batches may take longer. The total-time allowance includes approximately 120 minutes for resting, chilling, setting or cooling; some tasks can overlap.