Gluten Free Mini Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

For an irresistible peanut butter cookie with a peanut butter cup center, these gluten free peanut butter cup cookies make a bite-sized, poppable treat too good not to share!

Prep:
10
minutes
Cook:
10
minutes
TOtal:
50
minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 stick of butter, softened
  • 1/2 c. brown sugar
  • 1/4 c. cane or granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/4 c. creamy peanut butter
  • 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 1/4 c. gluten free flour blend
  • 24 mini Reese's peanut butter cups

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, and sugar. Then, beat in the vanilla, peanut butter, egg, and egg yolk. Next, beat in the baking soda, salt, and gluten free flour blend. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease a mini muffin pan. If desired, add small strips of parchment paper into each well. Next, scoop about 1 Tbsp. of dough and roll into a ball. Place into each mini muffin well. Bake for 9-12 minutes. While baking, unwrap the peanut butter cups.
  • Immediately after removing from the oven, place a mini peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie and press down. Then, allow the cookies to cool before removing from the muffin tin.
  • Store in an airtight container.