Rose's Easy Double Peanut Butter Cookie Cups

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Categories:	Cookies, Quick & Easy
Collections:	Food on the Run
Keywords:	delicious, easy, simple
Serves:	12 to 14
Prep Time:	10 Min
Cook Time:	10 Min

Ingredients

1 pkg	(18-24) package miniature peanut butter cups
1	pouch betty crocker peanut butter cookie mix
	mini muffin liners
	mini muffin tins
HOMEMADE VERSION
1 3/4 c	all purpose flour
1/2 tsp	salt
1 tsp	baking soda
1 stick	butter (1/2 cup)
1/2 c	granulated sugar
1/2 c	peanut butter
1/2 c	packed brown sugar
1 large	egg (room temperature) beaten
2 tsp	vanilla extract
2 Tbsp	milk (i use evaporated)
40-44	reeses peanut butter cups, unwrapped

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Rose Mary Mogan

Well Seasoned

Sauk Village, IL (pop. 10,506)

cookinginillinois

Member Since Sep 2011

Rose Mary's Notes:

I saw this easy cookie recipe being made on television and it is basically 2 ingredients. Great if you need a hurry up dessert. What I chose to do with mine was have assorted varieties of the peanut Butter cup, because my daughter does not like dark chocolate, only the white Chocolate It is a quick dessert idea,. Reese's has a large bag at Wal Mart with the milk chocolate, white Chocolate, and Dark Chocolate in one package. The guest usually appreciate all three varieties as well. The recipe is easy, quick & simple.

Directions

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 DEGREES F. Unwrap the peanut butter cups and set aside in fridge till needed.Using miniature muffin tins, place one mini muffin liner in each muffin tin. Prepare cookie mix according to package directions, and then pinch off enough dough to make one and a half inch ball of dough, and fill each cup. Bake for 6 to 8 minutes.

Remove from oven and leave in pans. CAREFULLY press one peanut butter cup into each cookie. Remove from tin when they are almost cool. COOL COMPLETELY ON TRAY IN FRIDGE OR ON WIRE RACKS.

HOMEMADE SCRATCH VERSION: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Mix flour salt & baking soda in a medium bowl, stir to mix and set aside.Add butter, sugar, peanut butter& brown sugar in a separate bowl and cream together till light and fluffy. Then add in beaten egg, and beat well till mixed.Next add vanilla and milk, and beat again till mixed.

Add flour mixture, mix well, until soft and smooth texture. Pinch off enough dough to form into a small ball about the sizr of a tablespoon, & place in ungreased paper lined mini muffin cup. THERE IS NO NEED TO SPRAY PAPER CUPS, THERE IS ENOUGH BUTTER IN COOKIE DOUGH.

NOTE: I prefer to use the variety pac of Reeses Peanut Butter cups with the dark chocolate, milk chocolate & white chocolate. Then arrange the 3 varieties in a decorative pattern on platter where you can noticiably distinguish the different varieties. I find the large Variety pac at Wal Mart.

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CinStraw's Kitchen CinStraw

Jan 20, 2012

I make these a lot for the Grands, they love them. Also good with the Chocolate Chip cookie mix and press the chocolate chunks down the same way...and I do Sugar Cookie mix this way also pressing a Hershey Cherry Chocolate Kiss in the middle (Hershey Caramel Chocolate Kisses are good in the middles too).

CinStraw's Kitchen CinStraw

I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!

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Rose Mary Mogan cookinginillinois

Jan 20, 2012

Thanks Cindy, Yes there are many variations to this recipe, and I also have the version where you make them from scratch but I will post that another time. There is also a dessert cookie that I make called Chocolate Walnut Kiss, it is a cookie dough with chopped walnuts in it, wrapped around a Hershey kiss & baked in the oven and then dusted in powdered sugar while it is still hot. It is really good, buttery and very flakey. I will post it eventually.

CinStraw's Kitchen CinStraw

Jan 20, 2012

Well, I am allergic to walnuts so I always sub another nut. But there are a lot of people on here that llllllllllove walnuts.

Jan Bartholome 2HandsForHim

Jan 20, 2012

Well! That just DOES it, Rose Mary Mogan! Your mug shot is going up on my wall along with Cindy's. You are now one of my Favorite Cooks! I don't want to miss any of those recipes you're promising to post "later on." LOL! Can't wait!

CinStraw's Kitchen CinStraw

Jan 21, 2012

Jan you are so sweet to include me, Rose Mary is in a higher league on her cooking/baking level than I am.

Rose Mary Mogan cookinginillinois

Jan 21, 2012

Thank you so much Jan, I am so happy that you like my style of cooking and baking. I am here to learn from everyone else also. I am just a cook, that was taught by the best my mom, being the oldest of eleven kids, I learned to make everything from scratch. Thank you so much for viewing me as one of your favorite cooks. What a great honor. I sure hope my recipes live up to your expectations. Cindy is also a great cook, and is much better than she gives herself credit for. I admire her and all of her wonderful recipes. Thank you so much Jan for the compliment.

Jan Bartholome 2HandsForHim

Jan 21, 2012

What I love about JAP is that we all learn from each other. Even the best cooks keep learning if they're smart. My biggest problem is that life is just too short to try all the recipes I would like to try! LOL! That list has really grown since I joined JAP. Trouble is that Doug and I have become small eaters with no one to cook for most of the time. Church potlucks are going to become our chance to try out bigger recipes--those lucky people! hehehe! Thank you both for sharing. I appreciate you and all the other good cooks here who do.

Rose Mary Mogan cookinginillinois

Jan 21, 2012

Yes Jan, Even the best of cooks can ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING NEW or different. I still cook more than I should but I often share with my neighbors. I have 2 neighbors that are now widowers, and I often make enough to share with them, and I also share with a couple that lives down the street from me. Her husband calls me IHOP on the block. LOL Many times you can cut a recipe in half with great results. You should try it, especially if you find one that you really like. Best of luck to you Jan.