Easy Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Recipe
A mini Reese’s peanut butter cup is packed into each of these Easy Peanut Butter Cup Cookies. These cookies are a tried-and-true dessert that is terrific for any occasion and looks fantastic on holiday trays.
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon milk
- 36-48 miniature peanut butter cups
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a mini muffin pan with nonstick spray or baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking soda.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, cream butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, peanut butter until light and fluffy.
- Beat in vanilla extract, egg and milk.
- Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix well, until no more dry flour.
- Scoop cookie dough into tablespoon size ball and place into prepared pan.
- Bake 8-10 minutes in preheated oven.
- Immediately press a peanut butter cup into each cookie.
- Allow cookies to cool before removing from muffin pan. Enjoy!
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