Peanut Butter Cup Cookies*

By srumbel

If you like peanut butter, you’re going to LOVE these Peanut Butter Cup Cookies. A peanut butter cookie cup with a chocolate covered peanut butter cup in the middle!
from tidymom.com

Ingredients

• 36 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 large egg, at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350° and lightly grease mini muffin tins.

Place unwrapped peanut butter cups on a tray or plate and put in the freezer until ready to use.

Using a large bowl and electric mixer, cream butter and sugars and peanut butter until fluffy.

Beat in egg, vanilla, milk until well incorporated. Add salt and baking soda and continue beating, then gradually add flour and mix until just combined.

Using a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop, drop cookie dough balls into prepared mini muffin tins.

Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and remove candies from freezer. Immediately press peanut butter cups into each cookie, and place pan in refrigerator for about 20 minutes (this will allow the cookies to cool without the candies melting).

Once cooled carefully remove cookies from pan and place on cooling rack. Store in an airtight container and hide them.....they disappear fast!

Yield: 36 cookies