Sunday, June 7, 2009

Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Recipe

The other day a neighbor came over with a bag of these AMAZING cookies to welcome us into the neighborhood.  They are fabulous! I'd probably make much smaller cookies than they instruct b/c eating a whole one is probably ALL of your calories for the day.


3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp Cook's pure vanilla powder (optional)
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
2 eggs
5 Tablespoons half and half
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup peanut butter chips
1 cup chocolate/caramel chips
12 miniature peanut butter cups (or more if you're making more cookies)

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine all the ingredients in the order given, except the last three items (chips and PB cups). Mix well. Then add both kinds of chips. Divide the cookie dough into 12 equal pieces. Wrap 1 piece of dough around each peanut butter cup, shaping into a ball. Place 6 balls on an ungreased cookie sheet, spaced evenly apart. Do the same with the remaining dough. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute. Remove from cookie sheet and cool completely.
 

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