PEANUT BUTTER CUP COOKIES I

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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.

Provided by Nancy

Categories Desserts Cookies Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes

Yield 18

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

¾ cup peanut butter
½ cup shortening
½ cup white sugar
⅓ cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
⅓ cup granulated sugar for decoration
30 miniature chocolate covered peanut butter cups, unwrapped

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
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 : Calories 271 calories, Carbohydrate 29.8 g, Cholesterol 11.2 mg, Fat 15.5 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 5.4 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 166 mg, Sugar 20.5 g