Sunday, May 15, 2011
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Candy, candy, candy!
Seriously...it's embarrassing how much candy I have tucked away in my pantry. I need it though! For baking--it's sometimes essential to my craft, friends!
My craft, I tell you!
Really.
Without candy, I couldn't give you tasty treats like:
Peanut Butter Snickers Brownies
Peanut Butter Cup Rice Krispies Treats
S'mores Brownies
White Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies
Symphony Brownies
I wouldn't be able to tell you about these cookies either, because they too contain CANDY!
So yeah, I don't know why exactly I picked that particular cookie to put on top of the stack up there. I know it looks a little skimpy on the PB cups. The rest of the cookies had lots of PB cups, just not this one.
Really.
Skimping is not cool.
So! Bust open that bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup minis that you couldn't resist buying at Easter and make these cookies. You'll be glad you did.
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Source: my handy, trustworthy and very old book: Hershey's Best Loved Recipes
yield: about 2 dozen
get the printable recipe here
Ingredients
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy (I like crunchy)
1 egg
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
26-28 Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures, unwrapped and cut into fourths
1. Preheat oven to 350. Use ungreased cookie sheets or cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.
2. Beat butter, sugar and peanut butter in medium bowl until creamy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt. Add to butter mixture; blend well. Very, very gently fold in about 3/4 of the peanut butter cups. Scoop the cookies (about 2 Tbsp each) out onto the ungreased or lined cookie sheets. Push a couple of the reserved peanut butter cups into each cookie, flattening slightly.
3. Bake 12-15 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges. Centers will be pale and slightly soft. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet and then move cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
This post is linked to: Melt in Your Mouth Monday
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Made It On Monday
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8 comments:
These look dangerously delicious!! and would be right at home here at my house;)
I've seen those mini pb cups in the store. And I'm afraid to buy them. I fear they'd never make it into a cookie. These cookies look so yummy!
I just used up the last of my peanut butter cups in a pie I made over the weekend. Shucks! Guess it's time to restock and give these a try. I am a cookie monster and will definitely make these. Thanks -
For me?...You made these for me right?!
These look fantastic - I love peanut butter cups... in cookies they sound even better. Thanks for linking up to Friday Potluck!
These cookies look awesome, Brandy! I LOVE peanut butter and chocolate together! Thanks for linking up to Melt in Your Mouth Monday! :)
Oh, yummy! My Reeses lovin' kiddos would be thrilled if I baked up some of these. I'd have to make sure to hide the pj cups well :)
Oh, these look delicious. I love the new mini peanut butter cups. Just wish I could stop eating them long enough to bake with them. I'm glad that you made these cookies and shared them on A Well-Seasoned Life's Sweet Indulgences Sunday! They look delicious!