Name: Easter Basket Cookie Cups Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Cookie:; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 cup shortening; 1 cup peanut butter; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 eggs; ¼ cup milk; 3½ cups flour; 2 tsp baking soda; For Buttercream Frosting:; ½ cup unsalted butter; 3 cups powdered sugar; ¼ cup milk; 1 tsp vanilla; food coloring

Easter Basket Cookie Cups Recipe

Louise Andrews Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Easter Basket Cookie Cups

Peanut butter cookie cups are filled with buttercream frosting and decorated with Easter egg candies for a colorful and yummy spring treat.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Cookie:

1cupsugar
1cupbrown sugar
1cupshortening
1cuppeanut butter
1tspsalt
1tspvanilla
2eggs
¼cupmilk
3½cupsflour
2tspbaking soda

For Buttercream Frosting:

½cupunsalted butter
3cupspowdered sugar
¼cupmilk
1tspvanilla
food coloring

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine sugars, shortening, peanut butter, salt and vanilla. Mix well. Add eggs and milk, mix until creamy. Fold in flour and baking soda.
With a large cookie scoop, place dough in the cup of a greased muffin tin.
Using a tart press or something similar make an indent into each scoop. This will help mold the dough into the muffin cup.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. They will rise when baking and will set down once taken out of the oven. Let cool completely.
Combine butter, milk, vanilla and 2 cups of the powdered sugar in a large bowl. Mix for about 5 minutes till smooth and creamy. Then add the remaining powdered sugar and food coloring of choice.
Pipe the frosting into cookie cups and top with Peanut Butter M&Ms. ENJOY!