Party Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
"Christmas would not quite be Christmas without these cookies ... just ask my kids. The combination of a peanut butter cookie on the outside with a chocolate covered Reese's minature peanut butter cup pushed into the cookie after baking, is unbeatable. They also look like they were harder to make than they really are."
photo by mswolfcry
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
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24-48 cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter (or margarine)
- 1⁄2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
- 1⁄2 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 24 -36 miniature peanut butter cups
directions
- Cream butter and peanut butter with sugars and vanilla.
- Add egg and beat.
- Add dry ingredients and mix well.
- Form small balls of dough about the size of a small walnut.
- Note: I use my Pampered Chef cookie scoops to measure out 1 teaspoon or 2 teaspoon balls, depending on whether I want a greater yield or a fancier looking cookie.
- Using mini muffin pans(each cup about 1 1/2 inches in diameter), place 1 ball in each muffin cup.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes (or 335 convection for 10 minutes).
- While the cookie balls are baking, unwrap the candies completely.
- As soon as the cookies come out of the oven (they will be very soft at this point), push a candy into the center of each ball, making the cookie into acup that surrounds the candy but does not cover it.
- Note: To make the candies easier to push into the hot cookie, I usually keep the unwrapped candies on a plate in the refrigerator until I am ready to insert them.
- Let cookies cool in pan until they are set enough to lift out without breaking.
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Reviews
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We love these cookies! They are one of my husband's favorites! -
I make these all the time for family parties. They are very easy, and people enjoy them. Thank you! -
These are wonderful! I have been asked to make these and take to my MIL house. Thank you! -
Very easy recipe! This is my husband's favorite cookie recipe. The only change I made was I rolled the balls of cookie dough in white sugar before putting them in the muffin tins. This recipe will now be added to my Christmas cookie list. Thanks for the recipe! -
Oh my gosh these are good and quite easy to make too! It is fun to watch the chocolate melt into the cookie. Thank you!
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