Peanut Butter Temptation

Name: Peanut Butter Temptation
Total time: 600 s
Yield: makes 24-30 cookies
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/3 cup butter; 1/2 cup peanut butter; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1 egg; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 1/4 cups flour; 3/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 48 miniature Reese cups

cindybear @cindybearcooks

In the 70s, these cookies went by the name Peanut Butter Temptations, a recipe discovered in a church cookbook. If you love Reese’s cups, these are right up your alley—super quick to whip up and gone in no time!

cindybear @cindybearcooks

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Ingredients

8-10 minutes

makes 24-30 cookies

1/3 cupbutter
1/2 cuppeanut butter
1/2 cupsugar
1/2 cupbrown sugar
1egg
1/2 tspvanilla extract
1 1/4 cupsflour
3/4 teaspoonbaking soda
1/2 teaspoonsalt
48miniature Reese cups

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Steps

8-10 minutes

1

Cream the peanut butter, butter, and both sugars together. Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
2

Sift together the salt, flour, and baking soda, then blend into the creamed mixture to make the dough.
3

Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
4

Shape dough into 1" balls and place in ungreased 1 1/2 inch muffin tins.
5

Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. While they bake unwrap the peanut butter cups.
6

Immediately after removing from oven, press a peanut butter cup in until only the top shows.
7

Let cool for 10 minutes before removing from tins.