Peanut Butter Blossoms / Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

This recipe can be used for both Peanut Butter Blossoms or mini Peanut Butter Cup Cookies. If you are using it for peanut butter blossoms you will need hershey kisses and for PB Cup cookies mini reese cups. The recipe yields about 40-50 cookies.

1 stick butter at room temp
1/2 c Peanut Butter
1/2c white sugar plus additional sugar for coating if making PB blossoms
1/2 c light brown sugar
1 egg
2 TBSP milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 c Flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp baking soda
40-50 hersehy kisses or reese peanut butter cups

Cream butter and peanut butter. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. After butter and PB are creamed add sugars and cream again. Add egg, milk, and vanilla. Add flour mixture in three parts. After everything is incorporated cover and chill atleast one hour.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Roll dough into 1 inch balls.* If making PB blossoms next roll in sugar and place on baking sheet, if making PB cup cookies do not roll in sugar and place in mini quiche pans. Bake for 10-12 minutes until just starting to turn brown.

While the cookies are baking unwrap candy. Immediately after removing cookies from oven, place one candy in the center of each cookie. (Candy center will be soft for a while even after the cookie part is cool.)

*Using only a cookie scoop will not have the dough compact enough, a scoop can be used to regulate size but each ball still needs to be rolled into a ball.