Peanut Butter Temptations
Makes about 601/2 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 bag (10 oz.) miniature Reese Cups
Cream butter, peanut butter and both kinds of sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Blend into creamed mixture to make a dough. Preheat oven to 375. Shape dough into 1/2 inch balls and place in ungreased 1 1/2 inch muffin tins. Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately after removing cookies from oven, press a miniature peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie until only the top shows. Let cool 10 minutes before removing from tins.
Reviews of Peanut Butter Temptations:
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A cookie baker Jan 10, 2008
Would make this again.
These are the best cookies I ever had we make them every year in December.
Marisa Dec 25, 2007
Would make this again.
I have been making these for years. For those who have had issues, here are a few things I do that might help. 1) I always grease the mini-muffin pan. 2) When you take the cookies out to put the pb cups in, push them only in to cover them, but don't push them in too far so that the ends of the cookie get pushed up - that makes them fragile. 3) Use a spoon to get them out once they set for about 10 minutes. A toothpick around the edges can help if they are stuck. I always make 50 - 60 - the 1/2 inch balls are small, but they puff up so the pb cup fits when you take them out of the oven.
A cookie baker in NY Dec 14, 2007
Would make this again.
Over all the cookie taste great. The recipe was easy to make, but the dough was a little too soft to roll into balls. I stuck the dough in the fridge and the balls formed nicely. 1/2 in balls were to small to press the pb cup down, so I suggest forming at least 1 in balls. I also suggest greasing the muffin tins before each batch. I only got about 3 dozen cookie out of this recipe.
A cookie baker Dec 10, 2007
Would make this again.
I used miniature bake cups with these cookies. They come out easily and look festive. These cookies are the best, one batch isn't enough. Some I rolled the balls in red and green sugar to make them look nice for the holidays.
Cindy in in Washington state Dec 5, 2007
Would make this again.
I made the cookies in the muffin tin, and didn't like how hard it was to get them out, so I baked them on a cookie sheet instead. It worked out great. They were much better.
They are very good and easy.
