Sunday 6 December 2015

Peanut Butter and Jam Cookie Cups

 

My very British Husband is quite fond of telling me that eating peanut butter and jam together is completely insane.  That didn't stop him from scarfing down three of these as soon as I had them finished though!  (Me thinks he is a bit of a porkie pie teller and that he secretly LOVES the combination as much as I do!)




Could it be that I have finally indoctrinated him to my wild and wooly North American ways????  Could it be that his veins are beginning to run a tiny bit  with peanut butter and jam???  I like to think so at any rate!  This is a combination I love soooo much!  It's that sweet and salty thing!

 

Today I decided to indulge it by making little peanut butter cookie cups.  I was going to make them snickers cups . . . but then I realized that somebody had eaten all the snickers.   Not naming any names but HE knows exactly who did it!

 

Married fifteen years and he still doesn't know enough not to ever touch a woman's chocolate stash!  Sheesh!  Never mind, these cookies cups are even better with jam than they would have been with snickers in them.

 

Crisp peanut butter cookie cups . . . baked with a sweet dab of jam in the middle . . . then topped with a peanut butter flavoured butter cream frosting.  Oh so scrummishly moreishly decadently good!!  Bet YOU couldn't eat just one either!

 

*Peanut Butter and Jam Cookie Cups*
Makes about 36
Printable Recipe

Tasty little peanut butter cookie cups, filled with jam and baked until crispy and then topped with a peanutbutter flavoured buttercream icing when cool.  M-O-R-E-I-S-H!!

For the cookie cups:
200g of flour (2 cups)
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/4 tsp salt
172g of unsalted butter at room temperature (3/4 cup)
135g of creamy peanut butter (3/4 cup)
96g of caster sugar (1/2 cup)
100g of soft light brown sugar (1/2 cup packed)
1 large free range eggs
1 tsp vanilla
seedless raspberry jam

For the frosting:
6 TBS unsalted butter at room temperature
100g of icing sugar (3/4 cup) sifted
135g of creamy peanut butter (3/4 cup)
3 TBS heavy cream

Preheat the oven to 180*C/350*F/ gas mark 4.  Have ready several mini juffin tins.  Spray with some nonstick cooking spray.  Set aside.

Cream together the butter and peanut butter until thorougly combined.  Beat in the egg and vanilla.  Whisk together the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda.  Stir this in to make a soft dough.  Shape the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls.  Place one in each muffin cup.  Press in with the bottom of a rolling pin, or a pastry damper to make a shell.  Fill the centres with about 1/2 tsp of jam.  Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.  They should be lightly golden brown around the edges.  Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes, then remove and set on a wire rack to finish cooling completely.

To make the frosting, combine all of the ingredients in a large bowl and beat with an electric whisk until light and fluffy.  Spoon or pipe a little dab of this frosting into the centre of each cookie cup to cover the jam.  Allow to set completely.

Alternately the cookie dough can be rolled into walnut sized balls and pressed flat with a fork on a lightly buttered baking tray.   You can then bake them for about 10 to 12 minutes.  Remove to a wire rack to cool completely.  Put together with a layer of jam and a layer of the peanut butter flavoured buttercream!

Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.  If you can eat just one, you're a better woman than I am!!

 

 In any case if you didn't want to go to the trouble of making these as cookie cups, you could just bake them as regular peanut butter cookies and then sandwich them together with some of the frosting and some jam!

 

Note -  If you are thinking this is an old post reposted, you are right.  These cookies would be perfect on your holiday cookie trays, especially when done as little cups.   Some things are just so good that they bear repeating.  Back tomorrow with something totally new! 

9 comments

  1. Oh Marie:) PBand J ..grew up w/ that..I sometimes still have a bagel w/ a smidgeon of both..love these!

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    1. Oh yes Monique, me too, except now it's no sugar Peanut Butter and Low sugar Jam! Sigh . . . the perils of getting older! xoxo

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    2. And only half a bagel and a whole wheat one as well. Sigh . . .

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  2. what delicious and lovely cookies dear Marie !!! hugss and have a lovely Sunday!!

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    1. Thanks Gloria! YOu have a beautiful week! xoxo

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  3. Another amazing recipe.!
    Thanks Marie, for sharing this with us.
    Looks delicious.!!

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  4. I just made these for our staff Christmas pot-luck and they turned out perfectly with the exception of the icing. I don't know what happened but it turned into a greasy, glumpy mess. No idea what I did wrong however I just made a basic buttercream and added in some PB n place of some of the butter. I used a piping tip to swirl the icing on top and they look very festive. Thanks Marie for another great one. xx

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    1. Oh dear about the icing. Not sure what happened with that either! wow. In any case glad you enjoyed the cookies! xo

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