Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
Peanut butter cookie cups are rich cookie cup that is stuffed with a Reese's miniature peanut butter cup to create a delightfully gooey cookie treat.
Ingredients
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ¼ cup shortening
- ¼ cup butter or margarine softened
- 1 egg
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 24 Mini Peanut Butter Cups
Instructions
- Using a hand mixer on medium speed, beat brown and white sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter, and egg in a large bowl.
- Whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder together in a medium-sized bowl.
- Turn the mixer to low speed and add the flour mixture. Mix until combined and dough is formed.
- Cover peanut butter cookie dough and chill dough for about 2 hours or until firm.
- Preheat oven to 375°F and spray a mini muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Roll the dough into balls about an inch to an inch and a half in diameter. That equals about one tablespoons worth.
- Place each cookie dough ball into the mini muffin tin.
- Bake cookies for 12 minutes or until light golden brown. While the cookies are baking, unwrap mini Reese’s peanut butter cups.
- Press mini peanut butter cups into the center of each warm cookie. Cool and remove from muffin tin and place cookies on a wire cooling rack.
Notes
TIP: You can use a cookie scoop or ice cream scoop to help scoop the right quantity of dough for each ball.
TIP: Let the cookies cool completely in the pan or they may break when removing them.