Mini 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.

MINI NUTELLA® COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 mini muffin cups.
• Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until smooth and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla extract until fully incorporated. Add flour mixture and mix until dough is just combined.
• Roll dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Press each down into a prepared mini muffin cup.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and not too dark around the edges, 10 to 13 minutes. Remove from the oven and let sit for 2 minutes.
• Make wells in each cookie cup for chocolate-hazelnut spread using a spoon. Add 1 tablespoon chocolate-hazelnut spread to each cookie cup. Let cool 15 to 20 minutes before removing from the muffin cups.

FESTIVE MINI COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 36 mini muffin cups.
• Make cookie dough as directed on pouch. In small bowl, place nonpareils. Drop dough by 36 tablespoonfuls; roll in nonpareils. Place 1 in each cup.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool 2 minutes. Gently place milk chocolate candy on center of each. Cool completely in pan, about 30 minutes. Carefully remove cups from pan.

LEMON BAR COOKIE CUPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Spray a mini muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and baking powder; set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Beat in egg and vanilla.
• Gradually beat in dry ingredients until combined.
• Roll into 1" sized balls and place in muffin tin.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Press the insides of the cookies down with the backside of a spoon to make an indent for filling; let cool.
• To make the filling, cream together 6 Tablespoons softened butter with 1 cup sugar.
• Mix in 2 eggs and just the yolks from the other 2 eggs, and beat until well combined.
• Add lemon juice and mix until combined, there will still be some lumps.
• Pour filling mixture into a saucepan over medium heat.
• Whisk constantly for 5 minutes, or until smooth and thickened.
• Remove lemon curd from heat and let cool for 2-3 minutes.
• Carefully spoon a teaspoon of lemon curd into each cookie cup.
• Top cookie cups with lemon zest of one lemon, and place in fridge for 30 minutes, or until lemon curd has set up.
• Remove cookie cups from pan using a butter knife and sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

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.