Winter Dessert: Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Recipe

Looking for a winter dessert recipe? Try these peanut butter cup cookies. Whether you want to make something that you can gift to your loved ones or you and the little ones can eat during a chilly night, these cookies are literally divine and comforting. With the classic combination of peanut butter and chocolate, these will soon become your new favorite. Moreover, because of the ease of preparation, you will be able to make them in no time. Who knew peanut butter and chocolate could get even better? We point you the recipe.

Winter Dessert: Peanut Butter Cup Cookies Recipe

peanut butter cup cookies

Image via: Betty Crocker

Total Time: Prep 25 minutes + Cooking 10 minutes + Cooling

Yields: 40 cookies

Ingredients

1 ¾ cups all purpose flour

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ cup butter, softened

½ cup white sugar

½ cup peanut butter

½ cup brown sugar, packed

1 beaten egg

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

2 tablespoons milk

40 mini, unwrapped chocolate covered peanut butter cups

Procedure

These peanut butter cup cookies are truly blissful bites of heaven

Image via: Betty Crocker

1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees C or 375 degrees F. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together. Set aside.
2. Cream together-sugar, butter, brown sugar, peanut butter until fluffy. Beat in the egg, milk, and vanilla essence. Add the flour mixture and mix well. Shape into 40 balls and put each into ungreased mini muffin pan.
3. Bake at 190 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately press a miniature peanut butter cup into each ball. Let them cool and very carefully remove from the pan.

Tip: Freeze or put in the fridge unwrapped peanut butter cups as it is easier to press the frozen candy into the hot cookie without falling into pieces.

Perfect as a winter dessert, these peanut butter cup cookies are truly blissful bites of heaven. Just make sure to whip up a double batch because these little treats won’t last long! And don’t forget to let us know how it was?