Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies

Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies

Yield: 3 dozen cookies
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup of captain crunch peanut butter flavor cereal pulsed to medium fine flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (3.4 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
• 1 box of cream cheese pudding prepare this one
• 1/2 cup of ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cup of cream cheese
• 1/2 cup of eggnog
• 3 cups toasted sweet coconut
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1 cup Reese's pieces
• 1 cup peanut butter chips
• 1 cup of toffee bits

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, baking soda, salt and pudding; set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes.

Add eggs, one at a time scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add vanilla extract and honey and beat until combined.

Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture, beat to combine.

Now in another bowl, mix eggnog with one egg yolk and whisk it into this bowl. Add the ricotta cheese and 1 box of cream cheese pudding (following the box), and cream cheese, whisk and mix well. Fold this in last before you add the all the Chips.

Add chocolate chips, Reese's pieces and peanut butter chips and toffee chips. Stir in toasted sweet coconut and mix until incorporated.

Roll a heaping tablespoon of dough into a 1 1/2-inch ball between your palms and then place it on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough, spacing the balls about 2 inches apart (you should be able to fit 12 cookies on each sheet).

Using the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar, gently flatten the dough balls until they are about 3/4-inch thick.

Bake 10 minutes.

Let cookies cool on sheets for 2 minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

You can also sip these in melted Merkins chocolate.

This recipe makes about 3 dozen Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies.