Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE CUPS

Soft homemade peanut butter cookie dough baked in mini muffin tins and stuffed with Reese’s Miniature Peanut Butter Cups! These are so easy to make and a major crowd pleaser. Perfect for an after school snack or a holiday cookie plate.

INGREDIENTS FOR PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE CUPS

• Reese’s Miniature Peanut Butter Cups – you’ll need 48 peanut butter cups.
• Flour – all-purpose flour.
• Salt – table salt.
• Baking Soda
• Butter – unsalted. If using salted butter you can slightly decrease the amount of salt in the recipe.
• Granulated Sugar
• Golden Brown Sugar
• Egg
• Vanilla Extract
• Milk

KITCHEN SUPPLIES NEEDED

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• Nonstick Mini Muffin Tin  – I use a 24-count mini muffin tin and bake them in two batches for a total of 48 cookies.
• Mini Cookie Scoop  – or a tablespoon-sized measuring spoon.
• Stand Mixer or Hand Mixer

HOW TO MAKE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE CUPS

1. Start by unwrapping the miniature peanut butter cups and popping them in the refrigerator.
2. Prepare peanut butter cookie dough following the recipe card below.
3. Use a small cookie scoop or tablespoon to divide cookie dough into mini muffin tin.
4. Bake until light golden brown but still soft.
5. Remove from oven and immediately press peanut butter cups into cookies.
6. Let cool and remove from mini muffin tin.

RECIPE TIPS

1. Refrigerating the Reese’s cups before pressing them into the cookies makes the chocolate firmer and protects the chocolate from denting or cracking.
2. For this recipe, I use a nonstick mini muffin tin to make sure the cookie cups come out easily.
3. The peanut butter cups will get melty when pressed into the cookies but will set once cooled.
4. To speed setting, place in refrigerator or freezer just until set.
5. Use a plastic knife to help pop out the cookie cups once set. A plastic knife won’t scratch the nonstick pan.

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