Friday, December 18, 2009

Peanut Butter Cup Cookies


These cookies are SUPER yummy, and are so easy. Everyone's always impressed, too, because they look so fancy. Now, the only ratio I haven't really figured out is the dough to packages of Reese's mini peanut butter cups, but the way I look at it--extra of either is still a good thing! (To give you an idea, I doubled the batch, and made it through 4.5 bags of Reese's cups)

1/2 c butter or margarine
1/2 c peanut butter
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t baking powder
1 egg
1/2 t vanilla
1 1/4 c flour
extra sugar for rolling
2 (?) packages Mini Reese's cups


Mix all ingredients well. Refrigerate, if necessary, until easy to handle. Roll into 1" balls, then roll in sugar. Bake in a mini muffin tin at 375 degrees for 7 min. While they are in the oven, unwrap all your Reese's cups. As soon as the cookies come out, immediately press a Reese's cup into each cookie. Let cool in pan. Optional: I use a knife to gently remove them from the pan, line them up on wax paper, and drizzle melted chocolate over them. (I melt chocolate chips in the microwave in a quart freezer bag--30 seconds-flip-30 more seconds, and then snip the tiniest corner off and pipe out the chocolate. Wear an oven mitt or glove, it's hot!)

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