Peanut Butter Blossoms

Peanut butter is one of my all time favorite things.

Evaaah.

Mix it in oatmeal, make it into ice cream, scoop it straight from the jar, or - even better - bake it into come cookies. I shrunk down a favorite recipe of mine into a small batch so the temptation to eat a million cookies isn't there.

Throw some Reese's mini peanut butter cups into the mix and *boom*, most addictive cookies on the planet.

Peanut Butter Blossoms (Small Batch)

Ingredients

2 Tbsp butter, room temp

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1/3 cup peanut butter

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

about 24 or so Reese's peanut butter cups

Directions

Preheat oven to 350. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or Silpat, set aside.

In a mixing bowl, beat together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in egg, peanut butter, and vanilla until well combined. In a separate bowl, stir together the flour and baking powder.

Beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until well mixed.

Using a small cookie scoop, scoop dough onto prepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Top each with a mini peanut butter cup, pressing down into the cookie.

Bake at 350 for 8 - 12 minutes, watching for the bottom and the edges of the cookie to turn a golden brown.

Remove from oven and leave on cookie sheet for 2 or 3 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.

Mmmmm. Peanut buttery goodness.

I'm pretty sure I got 24 to 28 cookies out of this small batch using a small cookie scoop.

I may have been taste testing as I baked sooooo.... yeah.... my numbers may be off by one or two... or 6.

P.S. - If you find these spread out while cooking then simply chill the dough for 20 minutes before scooping it. I don't find it necessary but I know some people have trouble with that!

If you started making these now you could be eating them in about half an hour.

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