A Rainy Saturday in NY

What is there to do on a rainy Saturday? Duh! Bake!

I went to Trader Joe's a couple weekends ago. The only one here in the city is in Union Square. As you can imagine, it is always a nuthouse. The checkout line usually weaves around the entire store. I had a couple hours to kill one day and decided to brave it. I got some of these amazing baby peanut butter cups that are always well worth the mayhem of the store. I had every intention of making some bad-ass cookies with them and then just completely forgot.

Finding them this morning was utter bliss.

I ended up making Peanut Butter Cookies that I had found on Joy the Baker's Blog. I followed her recipe exactly except for using the baby peanut butter cups. These turned out very delicous and many have already disappeared thanks to the roomies. =)

Peanut Butter Cookies with Mini Peanut Butter Cups

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

2 sticks unsalted butter

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup light brown sugar

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups Trader Joe's Mini Peanut Butter Cups

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray two baking sheets with cooking spray.

Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, beat the butter until smooth and then add the peanut butter. When creamy, add the sugars and mix well. Add the eggs, one at a time. When mixed, comine the dry mixture with the wet mixture and mix well. Add the mini peanut butter cups.

Roll one tablespoon or so of dough into a ball and place on cookie sheet. Continue until sheet is full. Press the tines of a fork into each cookie in crisscross directions.

Bake for about 14 minutes, until golden brown. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet a few minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.