PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE CUPS

By KimberlyB

Ingredients

• Filling:
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1 cup Chocolate Chips
• 1 1/2 cups Peanut Butter
• Cookies:
• 3/4 cup Sugar
• 3/4 cup Packed Brown Sugar
• 3/4 cup Peanut Butter
• 1/2 cup Shortening
• 1/2 cup Butter, softened
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1 Egg
• 1 3/4 cups Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• 3/4 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/4 tsp Salt

Preparation

Step 1

FOR FILLING: In a small bowl, melt chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl on HIGH for 30 to 60 seconds. When melted, mix in peanut butter until completely combined; set aside.

FOR COOKIES: Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine the sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter, vanilla and egg. In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add to peanut butter mixture; mix well. Roll the dough into 36 balls. Press cookie balls into the bottom and halfway up sides of each cup of a muffin tin. Bake for 10 minutes; remove from oven. Add 1 tablespoon of the reserved chocolate/peanut butter mixture to each indentation in the cookies. Put back into the oven for 2 more minutes so that the chocolate can melt a little. Remove pan from oven; tap pan on a surface to make the chocolate fill the indentation evenly. Let pan sit for 5 minutes on a wire rack, then remove cookies to a cookie sheet; put cookie sheet in the freezer until chocolate is firm. Store cookies in the refrigerator.

Helpful Tips:
I saw a recipe like this online, but it was an easy recipe, made with packaged peanut butter cookie mix and chocolate candy. I rarely, if ever, have packages of cookie mix, so I made up this recipe.