Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
Servings 20
Equipment
- 2 Mini Muffin Pans
- Hand mixer
Ingredients
- ¾ cup flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ cup butter softened (½ stick or 4 tbsp)
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- 1 egg
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- 20 Peanut butter cups miniatures unwrapped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat 2 mini muffin pans with cooking spray.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl; set aside.
- In another bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter with a hand mixer until creamy.
- Add the egg and vanilla and beat until well combined.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and stir until combined.
- Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until the dough is easier to handle.
- Shape dough into 20 same-sized balls and place one in each muffin cup. Don't flatten!
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until puffed up and lightly browned.
- Meanwhile, remove the wrappers from the miniature peanut butter cups.
- Remove the mini muffin pans from the oven and immediately press the peanut butter cups into the center of each cookie.
- Cool completely in the muffin pan. Enjoy!