Easter Basket Cookie Cups

By srumbel

One of the recipes that is always made are these Easter Basket Cookie Cups that my Aunt Chris makes each year. They are DELICIOUS and always gone in minutes. If you love peanut butter cookies (or you can make them regular) and delicious frosting and M&Ms, then you’ll agree that these little beauties are the BEST!
from lilluna.com

Ingredients

• 1 C. Sugar
• 1 C. Brown Sugar
• 1 C. Shortening
• 1 C. Peanut Butter
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1 tsp. Vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 C. Milk
• 3 1/2 Flour
• 2 tsp. Baking Soda
• Butter cream frosting
• 1/2 C. Unsalted butter
• 3-4 C. Powdered sugar
• 1/4 C. Milk
• 1 tsp. Vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

In a mixing bowl, combine sugars, shortening, peanut butter, salt and vanilla. Mix well. Add eggs and milk, mix until creamy. Fold in flour and baking soda.
With a large cookie scoop, place dough in the cup of a greased muffin tin.
Using a tart press or something similar make an indent into each scoop. This will help mold the dough into the muffin cup.
Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. They will rise when baking and will set down once taken out of the oven. Let cool completely.

Frosting:

Combine butter, milk, vanilla and 2 cups of your powdered sugar in a large bowl. Mix till smooth and creamy, about 5 minutes. Then add the remaining powdered sugar and food coloring of your choice.
Pipe your frosting into your cookie cups and top with Peanut Butter M&Ms. ENJOY!