Peanut Butter Cup Cookies I

Rating: 4.69 stars
26 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 22
  • 4 star values: 2
  • 3 star values: 1
  • 2 star values: 0
  • 1 star values: 1

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.

By Nancy
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Ingredients

18
Original recipe yields 18 servings
The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

Directions

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:
271 calories; 5.4 g protein; 29.8 g carbohydrates; 11.2 mg cholesterol; 166 mg sodium. Full Nutrition

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BUNNYM
Rating: 5 stars
12/24/2003
This recipe is now a traditon in our family for Christmas. I put tablespoon size balls into mini muffin tins and bake. When I remove them from the oven I push the peanut butter cup into the ball and it forms a tart-shaped cookie. Make sure that the cookies are cooled before removing from the tins. This is now my family's favorite Christmas cookie. Read More
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Jill
Rating: 1 stars
06/02/2004
These cookies tasted to much like the shortening. I will not make these again. Read More
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(16)
26 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 22
  • 4 star values: 2
  • 3 star values: 1
  • 2 star values: 0
  • 1 star values: 1
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BUNNYM
Rating: 5 stars
12/24/2003
This recipe is now a traditon in our family for Christmas. I put tablespoon size balls into mini muffin tins and bake. When I remove them from the oven I push the peanut butter cup into the ball and it forms a tart-shaped cookie. Make sure that the cookies are cooled before removing from the tins. This is now my family's favorite Christmas cookie. Read More
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Lisa M. Day
Rating: 5 stars
11/05/2004
I followed this recipe EXACTLY and it was very well received. I hightly recommend this cookie recipe!:) Read More
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mingry77
Rating: 5 stars
12/14/2006
SO good! These were very simple to make and I especially appreciated that no mini muffin tin was required (as in many similar recipes.) These were just fantastic and were gone in a flash. They are soft and chewy with just the right amount of peanut butter flavor. I'll be making these again for Christmas! Read More
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Jill
Rating: 1 stars
06/02/2004
These cookies tasted to much like the shortening. I will not make these again. Read More
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Rebecca Finch
Rating: 5 stars
11/23/2008
We loved these! My teenage son asked to take them to a class party at school! Was out of shortening so subbed all butter they spread a little but tasted great. My daughter suggested rolling the peanut butter cup in the dough which worked awesome will continue to do it that way from now on. Read More
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Kristy C.
Rating: 5 stars
12/23/2010
These cookies are FABULOUS!!! I did use my mini muffin pan and I ran out of the peanut butter cups and still had a few dough balls left so I put a few chocolate chips in for the peanut butter cups. It worked out great!! Read More
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SweetBasil
Rating: 5 stars
11/28/2009
Tasted great but the dough is a little soft as is. I just used a lot of sugar to roll them. I too appreciated not using the mini muffin tins. These are my oldest son's very favorite. Made exactly 3 dozen. Will have to double recipe next time! Read More
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mamachrista
Rating: 5 stars
12/21/2009
This was fabulous! I was glad to find one that didn't require mini muffin tins because I don't have any and would never use them again so didn't want to buy any. I did use margarine instead of shortening though I never cook with shortening. I also doubled the recipe. These are SO good and I will DEFINITELY make them again!! Read More
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Bonnie Cramer Stone
Rating: 5 stars
01/05/2004
Good and easy. I dropped the dough into the sugar and then placed the dough into my mini-muffin tins. I used my 2 teaspoon cookie dropper (like an ice cream scoop). The size was perfect and the peanut butter cups were wrapped by the cookie when I pushed them in after the cookies baked. They went fast! Read More
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