Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Enjoy the taste of peanut butter in these cookie cups – perfect for dessert. MORE+ LESS-

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated September 1, 2017

Make with

Gold Medal Flour

Ingredients

cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

teaspoon baking soda

1/8

teaspoon salt

1/2

cup sugar

1/3

cup creamy peanut butter

1/4

cup butter or margarine, softened

egg

tablespoons whipping cream

teaspoon vanilla

1/4

cup chopped unsalted peanuts

bag (12 oz) Reese's peanut butter cups miniatures, unwrapped

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1

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 36 mini muffin cups with shortening or cooking spray.
2

In small bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In medium bowl, beat sugar, peanut butter and butter with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes. Beat in egg, whipping cream and vanilla. On low speed, beat in flour mixture until blended. Stir in peanuts.
3

Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls.Place one ball into each muffin cup.
4

Bake 12 minutes. Immediately press 1 peanut butter cup into center of each cookie. Bake 2 minutes longer. Cool in pan on cooling rack.

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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Combine creamy peanut butter, crunchy peanuts and a bag of Reese’s peanut butter cups, and you have a peanut butter-lover’s dream come true. It’s one of Betty’s easiest peanut butter cookie recipes, which makes it the perfect sweet treat for a Christmas cookie tray or a quick weeknight dessert any time of the year. The cookie cup is made from the same ingredients as a classic from-scratch peanut butter cookie, but the filling is what really makes it special. The Reese’s peanut butter cups miniatures, which are included in tons of our favorite desserts, make this recipe easy and tasty.