Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

Reese's is my favorite candy. The blend of chocolate and peanut butter is perfect and I crave them all the time. I had a whole pack here at school, and they were gone within a week. My next couple of blogs will be dedicated to different recipes with these peanut butter cups. One of my favorite recipes with them, along with many others, is Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cookies. The official Hershey's website recipe calls for:

• About 42 REESE'S Peanut Butter Cups Miniatures
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup REESE'S Creamy Peanut Butter
• 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg white
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1-1/2 cups crushed corn flakes

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from peanut butter cups.

2. Beat butter, peanut butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in large bowl until light and fluffy; blend in egg. Stir together flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Stir together egg white and water; beat with fork until foamy. Roll balls in egg white mixture, then in crushed cereal. Place on ungreased cookie sheet; press with thumb or finger tips in center making an indentation.

3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until cookies are set. Remove from oven; immediately press peanut butter cup onto each cookie. Cool 1 minute; remove carefully from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 3-1/2 dozen cookies.

These cookies are inexpensive, and everything is usually found in the average household, except for maybe the Reese's. Remember not to back the Reese's with the cookie, as soon as the cookie comes out you press the Reese's into the middle of the soft inside. For chocolate lovers, some people have even made chocolate chip cookies and then put the Reese's in the middle, it adds more chocolate. The prep time is about 10 minutes and the cook time is the same, so these delicious cookies should be done in no time!