Chocolate Heart Peanut Butter Cookies
These Chocolate Heart Peanut Butter Cookies are perfect for Valentine's Day. These cookies are great for a school Valentine's Day party or even a bake sale. Easy to make and so good, you will want to try these Heart Peanut Butter Blossoms.
Servings: 24
Calories: 227kcal
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup unsalted sweet cream butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 24 Reese Peanut Butter Hearts unwrapped
- 1 cup sugar to roll the peanut butter cookies in
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Place parchment paper onto a cookie sheet and set aside.
- Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and shortening and mix until combined.
- Add in the egg and mix until combined.
- In a large bowl, using a whisk mix in the flour, baking powder and salt.
- Gradually add in the flour mixture into the wet mixture until combined.
- Using a ice cream scoop, scoop some cookie dough into your hands and roll into a ball.
- Roll cookie dough ball into the sugar and then place onto the cookie sheet.
- Repeat the steps for 11 more cookie dough balls.
- Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
- Once pulled out of the oven, place cookies onto a wire rack to cool.
- Let the cookies cool for a few minutes and then place Reese’s Peanut Butter Heart into the cookie.
- Repeat steps with remaining dough.
Nutrition
Calories: 227kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 137mg | Potassium: 118mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 73IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg