These Peanut Butter Cookie Cups are soft, delicious little bites of heaven stuffed with miniature peanut butter cups.
I was driving home from the mall yesterday and trying to think of something to share with you all. So often my hubby gets disappointed when I don’t bake something for him, so I knew it needed to be something he would like. This recipe is one that my sister used to make so often when we were younger – that despite having gone vegan a few years ago, she still knows it by heart! I decided to opt for cookie cups instead of the traditional criss-cross cookies and to add his favorite candy, Reese’s Cups. The resulting cookies are soft, delicious bites of peanut butter heaven. Seriously, they are so good I doubt you’ll be able to eat just one! I may have eaten 3, okay 4 – but I’m having a baby in the next few weeks, so who’s counting. Enjoy and happy baking!
Peanut Butter Cookie Cups
Prep
Cook
Total
Yield 24 cookie cups
Ingredients
- 1 c sugar
- 1 c peanut butter, I prefer creamy
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 24 miniature Reese's Cup candies, refrigerated is easiest to handle
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350º.
- Combine all of the ingredients in a large mixing bowl, stir until smooth.
- Using a 1 Tbs cookie scoop place 1 scoop of the dough into each well of a miniature muffin pan. Tap the pan on the counter to help the dough settle a little and using the back of a Tbs measuring spoon press the dough into the pan.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes until slightly golden.
- Carefully remove from the oven and place a Reese's Cup in the center of each cup.
- Let the cookies cool completely in the pan and then using an offset spatula remove the cookie cups and serve.
Notes
Yields 24 mini cookie cups or 2 dozen criss-cross cookies
Courses cookie, dessert
These are so cute! I hear the same thing from my husband all the time and these would be a dessert he’d love. I might have to do the same & make them for him 🙂
Melissa they are so easy to make, you should 🙂
I have made something like this before, and it was so good! Your recipe looks way simpler than mine, I think I want to try this one out too 😉
YUM! This looks fabulous…thanks for sharing! This would be perfect to link-up to my new series – “Create It Thursday.” It’s live now! http://www.lambertslately.com/2013/05/create-it-thursday-1.html
Holy smokes!
These look so good, and I love the short list of ingredients. How exciting that you have a new baby on the way! That is such a special time, and I am very happy for you. Happy (almost) Mother’s Day 🙂
Thanks Andi! They are really yummy and so easy to make 🙂
Thanks so much for linking up at my “Best Of The Weekend” party! Featuring this tomorrow on my blog. 🙂
xoxo, Claire
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I find it bothersome that there is no flour and only egg as a binder. Is the end result actually a cookie or was something left out of the ingredients? I hesitate to make them without confirmation.