Best Bribe Cookies

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Yep.  Sometimes I bribe people.  Not a big evil unethical bribe… More like a little “thanks for doing me a favor” type bribe.  Before you wrinkle you nose, try it out.  You’d be surprised how helpful baked goods are when it comes to getting things done.

Best Bribe Cookies:

(Makes 48 cookies)

• 1 3/4 C flour
•  1/2 t salt
• 1 t baking soda
• 1/2 C butter, softened
• 1/2 C white sugar
• 1/2 packed dark brown sugar
• 3/4 C creamy peanut butter
• 1 egg
• 1 t vanilla
• 2 T milk
• 2 bags miniature chocolate peanut butter cups (such as Reese’s)
  • Unwrap and freeze at least an hour

Heat oven to 375

Place liners in mini muffin pans.  I recommend buying 4 mini muffin pans so you can actually use them.  There’s nothing more frustrating than only having 1 mini pan and recipes taking foooorever because of it.

Using stand mixer, combine butter, brown sugar, white sugar and peanut butter until fluffy.  Add egg, vanilla and milk.

Add flour, salt and baking soda.  Scrape down sides and mix well.

Form mixture into small balls approximately 1-inch in diameter.  Place in muffin cups.  If you run out before all 48 cups are full, the balls may be too big.

Bake 8-10 mins.  Dough will puff and fill the muffin cup.  Do not over bake.  It causes the cookies to crack.

Remove from oven and immediately press a frozen peanut butter cup into the center of each ball.  Freezing the peanut butter cups beforehand makes it easier.

The peanut butter cups will melt before the cookies cool completely.  Feel free to add decorations such as sprinkles or loose granulated sugar.

These cookies freeze well (although mine never make it into the freezer).

Recipe slightly adapted from AllRecipes.com “Peanut Butter Cookies” by Buchko.