Peanut Butter Cup Cookies I

Peanut butter cookies topped with miniature chocolate peanut butter cup candy. You may need a few more or less peanut butter cups depending on how many cookies you make out of a batch of dough.

• Calories: 271 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup shortening
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk
• ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
• ¾ cup peanut butter
• ⅓ cup granulated sugar for decoration
• 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• 30 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).

Step 2

In a large mixer bowl cream peanut butter, shortening, 1/3 cup sugar and the brown sugar. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well.

Step 3

Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture, blending thoroughly. Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch balls; roll the balls in sugar.

Step 4

Place on ungreased cookie sheet; bake 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and IMMEDIATELY place unwrapped peanut butter cup on top of each cookie, pressing down so that cookie cracks around edges. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet.