Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup butter, slightly softened

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup sugar

1 egg

2 teaspoons vanilla

hershey’s kisses or reese’s peanut butter cups, or both

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour, soda and salt with a wire whisk and set aside. Beat butter and peanut butter. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Add flour mixture and combine.

2. Roll dough into 1 to 1-1/2 inch balls and then roll the balls in sugar to coat.

3. For Peanut Butter Kisses: Place rolled balls on parchment paper covered baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and press an unwrapped Hershey’s Kisses candy into the center of each cookie. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

4. For Peanut Butter Cuppies: Press rolled balls into the cavities of a mini muffin tray. Place an unwrapped Reese’s peanut butter cup into each.

5. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove. Let cool and then drizzle with chocolate if desired. Note: you can bake these in wrappers or directly in the pan. Note: There are about 36 Reese’s and around 70 Kisses in a regular size bag.

Bon Appetit!