Peanut Butter Temptations (Tonya Duvall)

Tonya Duvall

½ cup butter ½ tsp vanilla

½ cup sugar ¾ tsp baking soda

1 egg 1 ¼ cup flour, sifted

½ cup peanut butter ½ tsp salt

½ cup brown sugar 1 pkg miniature peanut butter cups

In a large bowl, cream together butter, peanut butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix well. Preheat oven to 375°. Shape the dough into 1 inch balls and place into ungreased 1 ½ inch muffin tins. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, press a miniature peanut butter cup into the center of each cookie. Cool for 10 minutes. Carefully remove from tins. Makes about 2 dozen.