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Quick & easy soft-baked chewy Reese’s Pieces cookies made with melted butter and an extra egg yolk! No mixer required for this easy dessert recipe!

Soft Baked Reese's Pieces Cookie Recipe. No mixer required and easy dessert!

 Happy Friday to all of you!  How was your week?  Mine was so busy that I had to actually check what day it was as I posted this.  I’m in Boston right now with Mr. Wishes for a work conference (his job).  I work from home so I am able to tag along on all of his trips!  I had been to Boston once before (many, many years ago) but this is his first time here so we have spent some time exploring.  Being the big baseball fans that we are, we also will be taking in a game at Fenway park this weekend – so excited!

Soft Baked Reese's Pieces Cookie Recipe. No mixer required and easy dessert!

 The preparation is SO simple for these soft-baked Reese’s Pieces cookies.  I love love love Reese’s Pieces and find any excuse to bake with them or dump them over a bowl of ice cream.  So, if you feel the same love for the Pieces that I do, you’ll love these cookies 🙂  There is no mixer required to make them (which I love because that means easier clean up and less hassle!)– all that you need is two bowls , stirring the ingredients together, and popping them in the oven!  Whatever you do, don’t skip the step of chilling the dough before you bake them – plan ahead so these babies come out perfectly!  

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Soft-Baked Reeses Pieces Cookies
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Serves: 16 cookies
 
Quick & easy soft-baked chewy Reese's Pieces cookies made with melted butter and an extra egg yolk! No mixer required for this easy dessert recipe.
Ingredients
  • 2 and ¼ cup all-purpose flour, spoon & leveled
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 and ½ teaspoons cornstarch
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup (1.5 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar, loosely packed
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg + 1 egg yolk (it's best if you use room temperature eggs!)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Reese's Pieces
Instructions
  1. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, cornstarch and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
  2. In a separate bowl, whisk the melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until no brown sugar lumps remain.
  3. Whisk in the egg, then the egg yolk.
  4. Finally, whisk in the vanilla.
  5. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together with a large spoon or rubber spatula.The dough will be very soft, yet thick.
  6. Fold in the Reese's Pieces. Do your best to have them evenly dispersed among the dough, pressing them in to dough to get them to stick, if needed. Cover the dough and chill for TWO HOURS, or up to 3 days. Do not skip this step!
  7. Take the dough out of the refrigerator and allow to slightly soften at room temperature for 10 minutes.
  8. Preheat the oven to 325F degrees. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.
  9. Roll the dough into balls, about 3 Tablespoons of dough each. Roll the cookie dough balls to be taller rather than wide (but with a nice solid base so they don't topple over in the oven). This ensures the cookies will bake up to be nice and thick.
  10. Put 8 balls of dough onto each cookie sheet. Press a few more Reese's on top of the dough balls for looks, if desired.
  11. Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes. The cookies will look soft and underbaked, but if they look TOO goey give them another minute or 2. They will continue to bake on the warm cookie sheet after you take them out of the oven.
  12. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
Cookies stay soft and fresh for 4-5 days at room temperature. Cookies may be frozen up to 3 months. Rolled cookie dough may be frozen up to three months and baked in their frozen state for 12 minutes.

Recipe source:  adapted from sallysbakingaddiction.com

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