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tags:
  - cookie
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  - trader-joes
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# :cookie: Preposterously Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

![Preposterously Peanut Butter Cup Cookies][2]{ loading=lazy }

| :fork_and_knife_with_plate: Serves | :timer_clock: Total Time |
|:----------------------------------:|:-----------------------: |
| 16 | 30 minutes |

## :salt: Ingredients

- :candy: 2 cups sugar
- :peanuts: 2 cups [peanut butter][1]
- :candy: 2 cups sugar
- :egg: 2 large eggs
- :cup_with_straw: 2 tsp baking soda
- :icecream: 2 tsp bourbon vanilla
- :chocolate_bar: 16 TJ's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups

## :cooking: Cookware

- 2 baking sheets
- 1 parchment paper

## :pencil: Instructions

### Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, set aside. Pour a bit of sugar on a shallow plate
for rolling cookies, set aside.

### Step 2

In a large bowl, mix peanut butter, sugar, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla until combined. Take a large scoop of cookie
dough, place peanut butter cup in the center and pat dough closed around the cup to form a dough ball. Roll dough ball
in sugar and place on prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining ingredients until you have 8 dough balls per baking
sheet.

### Step 3

Bake sheets, one at a time, on center rack of oven for about 13 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from oven and let
cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring cookies to cooling racks. Cookies are best enjoyed warm!

## :link: Source

- <https://www.traderjoes.com/home/recipes/preposterously-peanut-butter-cup-cookies>

[1]: <../ingredients/peanut-butter.md>
[2]: <../assets/images/preposterously-peanut-butter-cup-cookies.png>