At Lily’s request I made Peanut Butter Cup cookies for the first day of school. This meant an extra trip to the grocery store for Peanut Butter Cups… but these cookies are a favorite of all three of my kids and I wanted to make something special for the first day of school.
I was secretly hoping I could stay away from this cookie better than I do from Snicker Doodles… with a wedding and the attendant family pictures coming up in a few weeks… but I’ve had three cookies today so that plan went right out the window! Someone please come and take them away before I eat more.
They really are delicious…
There are two tools that you need to make these cookies, the first is a couple of mini muffin tins. I bought very cheap pans several years ago and use them more often than I expected… cheap works just fine. The second tool that is extremely handy in making these (and other) cookies is a Cookie Scoop
A friend of mine made these cookies when Ben (age 6 at the time) was playing at their home… after eating one he asked if he could have the recipe. Needless to say she was quite amused and sent the recipe home with him. Here it is:
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
- 1 ¾ cup all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup butter, softened
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg, well beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- Approximately 40 miniature peanut butter cups
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In small bowl, sift together the flour, salt and baking soda; set aside. Cream together the butter, sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add beaten egg, vanilla and milk and mix until well blended. Add the flour mixture 1/3 at a time and mix until blended, but do not over mix. Using a cookie scoop or a spoon roll into 40 balls and place each into ungreased mini muffin pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie. Cool remove from pan.
Click over to Tasty Kitchen for the printable recipe.
I have been looking for this recipe. I had some of these a while back and then were regular size muffin tins with the Reese’s cup. The mini one seem perfect for my girls. Thanks.
mmmm…yummy! i think i’ll be making these thurs morning on my little guy’s first day of kindergarten.
You are such a good mom. Their bags look super super cute and those cookies – only a good mom goes to that much trouble!
these sound good. It sounds like the peanut butter kiss cookies I make, but I push a Hershey’s kiss into the middle of mine.
oh yum and yay!!! you posted to tasty kitchen—these look so awesome!
What a great back to school treat.
I undercooked these, just like I undercook everything :( But I can tell they would be delicious if I made them right, and mushy they were still wonderful. You can’t go wrong with peanut butter, chocolate, and more peanut butter! Thanks for the recipe! I was linked here via Craftsters Cookie Highlight.
Kathy, I’ve had the same problem of having things undercooked when the timer goes off. Often your oven temperature needs to be adjusted.
Yum! How many does this recipe make?