Peanut Butter Candy Corn Cookies

As a kid, I used to love peanut butter and candy corn sandwiches and recently I thought the combination would make a great cookie! Mmmmmmmm..... This recipe is based on Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Yields: 24 cookies

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter (I use "natural" peanut butter)
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 1  egg
• 1  cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1  cup  candy corn (approximately)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325°F.
2. Line cookie trays with parchment paper (or wax paper) in case some of the candy corn melt onto the trays.
3. Cream the butter.
4. Add peanut butter, sugar, and brown sugar and mix well.
5. Add egg and mix well.
6. Add flour and baking soda and mix well.
7. Using a teaspoon, make walnut-sized lumps of dough and place them 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined cookie trays.
8. Bake 12 minutes, remove from oven, and quickly press about 5 candy corns into each cookie.
9. Bake another 5 minutes and remove from oven to cool.
10. Cool 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.