Peanut butter and jelly cookie cups

Peanut butter and jelly cookie cups.
Cookie Cups:
    • 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
    • 1/2 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1/2 cup butter, softened
    • 1/2 cup white sugar
    • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
    • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
    • 1 egg, beaten in a separate bowl before adding
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 tablespoons milk

Frosting:
  • 1 and 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 8 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 and 1/2 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 and 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  • Strawberry or Raspberry jam/jelly, for filling and topping (optional)

Instructions

Cookie Cups:
    1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
    2. Mix together the flour, salt and baking soda; set aside.
    3. Cream together the butter, sugar, peanut butter and brown sugar until fluffy.
    4. Beat in the egg, vanilla and milk.
    5. Add the flour mixture; mix well.
    6. Shape into balls  and place each into a greased jumbo muffin tin.
    7. Bake at 375 degrees for about 16-17 minutes – make sure they aren’t getting too brown on top.
    8. As soon as you take them out of the oven, use something with a circular bottom to press into the middle of the cups and make craters. Whatever you use should be slightly less than the width of the cookie.
    9. Let cool completely in the pan and carefully remove from pan. Run a butter knife around the edges of the cooled cookies to loosen and gently lift out. I didn’t need to do this, I just pulled them out with my fingers.
    10. Fill each crater with your choice of jelly or jam
Frosting:
    1. Place the peanut butter, butter, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium speed, just until thoroughly combined.
    2. Add the remaining ingredients and combine all together by beating on medium speed.
    3. Turn the speed up to high and beat for 3/4 more minutes, until frosting is light, airy, and fluffy. Be patient! You don’t want a heavy dense frosting for these cookie cups.
    4. Transfer frosting to a piping bag.
    5. Frost the cookie cups once they are completely cooled and the indentations have already been filled with the jelly/jam. Pipe the frosting in high, swirling mounds on top, like frosting a cupcake.
    6. Top with a small dollop of jam/jelly
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days or refrigerator up to 4 days
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Ingredienti

Per il biscotto:

1 e 3/4 bicchiere di farina

1 cucchiaino di sale

2 cucchiaini di bicarbonato

1/2 bicchiere di burro morbido

1/2 bicchiere di zucchero

1/2 bicchiere di burro di arachidi

1/2 bicchiere di zucchero di canna

1 uovo sbattuto

1/2 fialetta di vaniglia

2 cucchiai di latte

 

Per il frosting:

1 e 1/2 bicchiere di burro di arachidi

8 cucchiai di burro morbido

1 pizzico di sale

1/2 bicchiere di panna

1 fialetta di vaniglia

2 e 1/4 bicchiere di zucchero a velo

marmellata di fragola o lampone

 

Per preparare il biscotto:

Preriscaldate il forno a 18’°c.

Mescolate insieme la farina, il sale e il bicarbonato di sodio e mettete da parte.

Lavorate il burro, lo zucchero, il burro di arachidi e zucchero di canna per qualche minuto. Aggiungete l’uovo, vaniglia e il latte. Aggiungere la farina e mescolare bene.

Formate delle palline e porre una pallina in ogni sezione di uno stampo per muffin.

Infornate per 16-17 minuti.

Appena usciti dal forno prendete qualcosa col fondo circolare e premetelo sul biscotto per formare dei crateri. Lasciate raffreddare completamente prima di rimuovere dalla forma. Riempite poi ogni cratere con la marmellata.

 

Per il frosting:

Lavorate bene il burro, burro di arachidi e sale fino ad amalgamare il tutto.

Poi aggiungete il resto e lavorate per 4-5 minuti fino a quando il composto diventa leggero.

Trasferite il frosting in una sac a poche e decorate ogni biscotto come se fosse un cupcake!