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REESE'S Peanut Butter Temptations

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Timing
Timing
Total:
Bake:
20 Min.
Prep:
10 Min.
Skill Level:
Beginner
Yields:
40 cookies

Hello, peanut butter lovers. Get out your muffin tin for this scrumptious, beginner-friendly REESE'S Peanut Butter Temptations recipe. These REESE'S Peanut Butter Temptations made inside muffin baking cups start with a sweet cookie made from REESE’S Creamy Peanut Butter. Then, while the cookies are still warm from the oven, a REESE'S Peanut Butter Cup Miniature is placed on top. The cookie holds the peanut butter cup as it cools. Delicious!  Bake up these Easy Peanut Butter Temptations for another surprise peanut butter cup treat. It uses a Betty Crocker™ Peanut Butter Cookie Mix to make things even simpler.

Ingredients & Directions

Prep Time
10 minutes
Bake Time
20 minutes
Cool Time
1 hour
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Ingredients

  • About 40
    REESE'S Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures or 12 (0.75 oz each) REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups, quartered
  • 1/2 cup
    butter or margarine (1 stick), softened
  • 1/2 cup
    granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup
    light brown sugar packed
  • 1
    egg
  • 1/2 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1-1/2 cups
    all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
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Directions

Equipment Needed 
oven Oven
muffin tin Muffin Tin
muffin cups Muffin Cups
mixing bowl Mixing Bowl
1

Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from candies. Line small muffin cups (1-3/4 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups.

2

Beat butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, peanut butter, egg and vanilla until light and fluffy in large bowl. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place one in each prepared muffin cup. Do NOT flatten.

3

Bake 10 to 12 minutes until puffed and lightly browned; remove from oven. Immediately press peanut butter cup or piece onto each cookie. Cool completely in muffin pan.

Tip

Place peanut butter cups in freezer about 5 minutes for easier removal of paper cup.

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