Peanut Butter Temptations II

By Coldsnap46

"Peanut butter tarts with a chocolate covered peanut butter cup in the middle. You will need a mini muffin pan to make these." --Recipe by Sally

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 36 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

2. In a medium bowl, cream together the brown sugar, white sugar and butter. Stir in the peanut butter, then the egg and vanilla. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt, stir into the peanut butter mixture until the dough comes together. Shape into 1 inch balls and press them into the cups of an unprepared mini muffin pan.

3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, press a mini chocolate covered peanut butter cup down into the center of each cookie until only the top is showing. Allow the cookies to cool completely before removing from their pans.

Note: Very helpful tips/suggestions from reviews of this recipe available on website. *One reviewer stated in part: "...I baked at 350degrees instead of 375 - for 9 minutes. Make sure you freeze the peanut butter cups before you unwrap them and put the unwrapped candies back in the freezer until the cookies come out of the oven...makes them much easier to work with. Also, I used mini-muffin liners, they're cheap and it saves a lot of trouble getting them out of the pans."