Cookie Cups Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 mini muffin pans.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
• Combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Drop rounded tablespoons of the dough into the prepared mini muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are light golden brown, 9 to 12 minutes. Cool before removing from the pans.
• Meanwhile, beat shortening, butter, and vanilla extract together with an electric mixer in a mixing bowl. Beat in confectioners' sugar gradually, 1 cup at a time. Beat in milk until icing is smooth. Add a little more milk if icing is still dry.
• Fill the center of each cooled cookie cup with icing.

COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Lightly spray a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray.
• Divide dough into sixteen 2-tablespoon portions. Place 12 portions into the prepared muffin tin and press into the bottom and about halfway up each cup. Reserve remaining 4 portions of dough.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 9 minutes. Remove from the oven and lightly press down in the center with the large end of a wooden spoon or a shot glass to form a cup shape. Return to oven and bake until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes more. Remove from the oven and press the center down gently as before. Allow to cool completely in the pan, about 15 minutes, before removing with a small offset spatula or knife.
• Repeat process with remaining 4 cookie dough portions.

CREAM CHEESE COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Cut cookie dough in half (save 1 portion for another use). With floured hands, press about 1 tablespoon of dough onto the bottom and up the sides of 12 ungreased miniature muffin cups. Bake at 350° until lightly browned, 8-10 minutes. , Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, reshape the puffed cookie cups. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Spoon into cookie cups. Store in the refrigerator.

COOKIE DOUGH CUPS

Steps:

• Beat together margarine/butter and both sugars
• Add egg and beat again
• Fold in the flour and milk choc chips
• Take spoonsful of the mixture and add to the muffin tin
• Bake in preheated oven, 160/175 degree oven until raised and brown
• Take out of the oven and immediately make an indentation in each one, I used the base of an egg cup, but a shot glass would work just as well
• Spoon in nutella and leave to cool