Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies

What memories do you have from childhood?  The kids are fascinated by the fact that we rode in a “station wagon.”  There are not many on the road today so it is hard for them to imagine how easy it was to cram 9 kids in for carpool. No car seats; no seat belts.  Another memory from childhood is peanut butter cookies with a Reese’s center.  My mom made these any time there was a reception or gathering.  They are insanely addictive and so inappropriate for unknown company given the prevalence of peanut allergies these days. 

I wonder what my kids will carry forward with them.  Time will tell and they will have a lot of fun teasing me (like my brother and I do to our mom today).

Ingredients:

Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies

1.      Packaged peanut butter cookies 16.5 oz, like Pillsbury, in the refrigerated section of the grocery store

2.      Reese’s miniature peanut butter cups

3.      Non-stick cooking spray, like Pam

Preheat oven to 350.  Lightly spray a mini-muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.

Slice cookie dough about 3/4 inch thick and then cut each round into quarters.  Place the quartered dough into each muffin tin.  Bake cookies for 9-14 minutes (mine took 11).  While baking, unwrap the Reese’s peanut butter cups. 

 

Remove baked cookies from the oven and press a Reese’s peanut butter cup in the middle.  Allow to cool for a few minutes so the cookie retains its shape.  Carefully remove and place on cooling rack for additional cooling.