{"id":2756,"date":"2023-06-03T01:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T01:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:01:59","slug":"chocolate-peanut-butter-cup-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/chocolate-peanut-butter-cup-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From the kitchen of Stephanie Knewasser<\/h4>\n\n\n<p>Unwrap, then refrigerate or freeze a\u00a0<strong><em>bag of Mini Peanut Butter Cups<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a microwavable bowl:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1 c semisweet choc chips<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>2 oz unsweetened chocolate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Microwave @ 50% for 2 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Stir.<\/p>\n<p>If not melted, micro @ 50% for 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Stir until smooth &amp; melted.<\/p>\n<p>Set aside.<\/p>\n<p>In a mixer, beat until crumbly:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1 c sugar<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1\/2 c crisco<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Beat in:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>2 eggs<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1 tsp salt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1 tsp vanilla<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Add chocolate slowly, on low speed.<\/p>\n<p>Mix until well blended.<\/p>\n<p>Add &amp; mix on low:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1 1\/2 c + 2 Tbsp flour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1\/2 tsp baking soda<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Blend well.<\/p>\n<p>Cover &amp; refrigerate until firm enough to handle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Roll&#8221; into balls that are similar in size to the pb cups.<\/p>\n<p>Rolling is the usual way to word it, but in reality, I pressed spoonfuls into cubes. The dough consistency is similar to fudge &amp; I found I got less messy this way.<\/p>\n<p>Roll balls in:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>3\/4 c finely chopped peanuts<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Press the nuts in a bit to help them adhere.<\/p>\n<p>Bake @ 350, 8-10 minutes or until set.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after removing cookies from oven, press a cold pb cup in center.<\/p>\n<p>OK to press cookie around pb cup, but don&#8217;t touch pb cup, it melts fast.<\/p>\n<p>Cool completely.<\/p>\n<p>NOTES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These will taste fine if frozen, but will look bad. The chocolate will bloom, or turn white.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephanie Knewasser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2757,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,19],"tags":[56,38,91,106,41],"class_list":["post-2756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cookies","category-shapedcookies","tag-chocolate","tag-cookie","tag-peanut","tag-recipe","tag-stephanie-knewasser","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9803,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2756\/revisions\/9803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}