Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

If you love peanut butter cups, you absolutely must try this recipe.

A coworker brought them in a couple of times for Friday Treat days and they are incredible.

Make sure you have a steaming hot cup of tea ready for your taste test, (or if you must, coffee), milk is wonderful too. 

Mark tried a melty one not long out of the oven and went on and on about the richness....then BEGGED me to let him have another. 

Pretty much the same reaction from Michael, minus the complaints and with the addition of cold milk guzzling.

The girls loved helping especially since the recipe involves the rolling of balls of dough.

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 40 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda; set aside.
3. Cream together the butter, sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in the egg, vanilla and milk. Add the flour mixture; mix well.
4. Shape into 40 balls and place each into an ungreased mini muffin pan.
5. Bake at 375 degrees for about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into each ball. Cool and carefully remove from pan.