Holiday Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

(from myoung’s recipe box)

Categories: Cookies

Ingredients

  • 1
  • roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated peanut butter cookies
  • 1
  • cup miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits, fall colored (yellow, orange, brown, green, red)
  • 1/2
  • cup salted peanuts
  • 24
  • miniature chocolate-covered peanut butter cup candies, unwrapped

Directions

    • 1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in baking bits and peanuts until well blended.
    • 2Onto ungreased cookie sheets, drop dough by 24 heaping tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart; flatten each slightly with fingers.
    • 3Bake 10 to 14 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately top each cookie with 1 peanut butter cup; press lightly into dough. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets. Let cookies stand until peanut butter cups are set before storing, about 3 hours.

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