Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Oh my.

Reese's.
Inside of.
A (mini, mind you) peanut butter cookie.
Does it really get much better than that?


These adorable snacks are fun to make and will be a huge hit if you're looking for a crowd pleasing dish to bring to any event. Chocolate and peanut butter make such a perfect combination for most any dessert, and these goodies are no exception.

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies (makes 40)
original recipe here 

1 3/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
2 Tbsp. milk
40 mini Reese's peanut butter cups (1 bag)

     1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Unwrap every

     Single

 peanut butter cup.

I'm being slightly dramatic here, it doesn't take that long :)

     Place the cups on a plate and put them in the freezer while you make and cook the dough to prevent too much melting when you add them to the cookies.

     2.Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl and set aside.
     3. Cream together butter, both sugars, and peanut butter in another large bowl. Add in the egg, followed by vanilla and milk.
     4.Add in the flour mixture and mix well.
     5. Shape into 40 balls (about a tablespoon each) and place each into an ungreased mini muffin pan.

     6. Bake for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately press a peanut butter cup into each cookie.

      7. Wait about 10 minutes until the cookies are cool enough to handle, and use a knife to carefully remove each cookie from the pan and transfer to a cooling rack

 Lastly, let me just say that these are my new favorite.  I  polished off about a quarter of the batch...in one day...