HEALTHIER PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES

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These cookies have a sweet peanut butter cup center. The healthier way to make them is with white whole wheat flour, reduced sugar, and natural peanut butter.

Provided by MakeItHealthy

Categories Desserts Cookies Filled Cookie Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 40

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
¾ cup white whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup natural peanut butter
1 egg, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons low-fat milk
40 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Sift all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking soda, and salt.
Beat butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and peanut butter with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add egg allowing to blend into butter mixture. Beat in vanilla extract. Mix in flour mixture and milk until just incorporated.
Shape into 40 balls and place each into an ungreased mini muffin pan. Bake in preheated oven until cookies are golden brown, about 8 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately press a mini peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie. Cool and carefully remove from pan.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 116.7 calories, Carbohydrate 13 g, Cholesterol 11.2 mg, Fat 6.6 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 2.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 112.6 mg, Sugar 7.8 g