Peanut Butter Temptations

If you like peanut butter cups, you’ll love these cookies. They incorporate the great taste of peanut and chocolate into one chewy bite of cookie.

Mini muffin tins are available at anywhere where they sell bakeware.

Makes 3 dozen cookies

INGREDIENTS

½ cup butter

½ cup peanut butter

½ cup brown sugar

½ cup granulated sugar

1 egg

½ tsp pure vanilla

1 ¼ cup all purpose flour

¾ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

3 dozen mini peanut butter cups

PREPARATION

Cream together butter, peanut butter and both sugars in electric mixer and beat thoroughly. Add egg and vanilla and blend well. Sift and add dry ingredients, flour, baking soda and salt until incorporated.

Using a teaspoon, gather up enough cookie dough to roll into 1 inch balls and place in mini muffin tins. Bake in 375 degree oven for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and place mini peanut butter cup candy into the center – pressing gently. Cool for 10 minutes and then remove cookies from the mini muffin tins.