Cupid Cups

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened (don't use margarine)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
• 36 milk chocolate kisses

Recipe

• 1 prepare cookie dough. in a large bowl, combine flour baking powder and salt. in another large bowl, beat butter and sugar with a mixer at low speed until blended. increase speed to high, beat until light and fluffy 5 minutes. reduce speed to low, beat in eggs and vanilla until mixed, then beat in flour mixture just until blended. divide dough into 4 quarters, flatten each into a disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate overnight.
• 2 when your ready to make the cupid cups, remove 2 disks of dough from the refrigerator. keep remaining dough in fridge or freezer for future use.
• 3 preheat oven to 350°f mist 36 mini muffins with cooking spray or line with paper liners. roll a rounded teaspoon of dough into a ball; press into and up sides of a mini muffin cup to form a shell. repeat with the remaining dough.
• 4 bake about 12-15 minutes or until lightly golden. remove from oven and press the end of a wooden spoon into each cookie cup to reshape cup. cool 2 minutes in pans, then carefully remove cookie cups to reach to cool completely.
• 5 meanwhile, beat peanut butter, sugar and butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy. fill each cookie cup with about a tablespoon filling (use a piping bag or a zip-lock bag with the corner snipped off, if you like). top with chocolate candy.