Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
From michellem 16 years ago
- 8-10 minutes to make
- Serves 3
These cookies are so good .I love the peanut butter drizzled on top. They look so pretty. I got this recipe from a dear friend of mine.
Ingredients
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips shopping list
- 2 sqaures (1 ounce each) unsweetened baking chocolate shopping list
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 1/2 butter flavored Crisco stick or 1/2 cup regular butter shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1 tsp salt shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tbsp. flour shopping list
- 1/2 tslpbaking soda shopping list
- 3/4 cups chopped peanuts shopping list
- 36 miniature peanut butter cups, unwrapped shopping list
- Drizzle shopping list
- 1 cup peanut butter chips shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oven to 350*.
- Place sheets of foil on countertop for cooling cookies.
- For cookies, combine chocolate chips and chocolate squares in microwave-safe bowl.
- Stir after 2 minutes.
- Repeat until smooth.(or you can melt on rangetop in small saucepan over very low heat).
- Cool slightly.
- Combine sugar and 1/2 cup shortening in large bowl.
- Beat at medium speed with electric mixer until blended and crumbly.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, then salt and vanilla.
- Reduce speed to low.
- Add chocolate slowly.
- Mix until well blended.
- Shaped dough into 1 1/4 inch balls.
- Roll in nuts.
- Place on cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 to 10 min. or until set.
- Do not overbake.
- Press peanut butter cup into center of each cookie immediately.
- Cool 2 min. on baking sheet.
- Remove cookies to foil to cool completely.
- For drizzle, place peanut butter chips in heavy resealable sandwich bag. Seal. Microwave at 50% power.
- Knead bag for 1 minute.
- Repeat until smooth.
- Cut tiny tip off corner of bag.
- Squeeze out drizzle over cookies.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
Omama these are wonderful, great post GF
henrie
in Savannah loved it
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Finally Michelle.I have waited for your new posting.It really worth the effort.Thanks for sharing,saved..
ahmed1
in Cairo loved it
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WOW!! this is right up my alley, Michellem :) Great post, TY :)
kukla
in Barrie, Ontario loved it
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