Chocolatey Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups Recipes

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.

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 350° F. Grease or paper-line 24 mini-muffin cups. PLACE squares of dough into prepared muffin cups; press down lightly in center to make a well. BAKE for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are set. Cool in pans on wire racks for 5 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. MICROWAVE morsels in small, heavy-duty plastic bag on MEDIUM-HIGH (70%) power for 30 seconds; knead until smooth. Microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, kneading until smooth. Cut tiny corner from bag; squeeze chocolate into each cup. FOR EXTRA CHOCOLATEY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CUPS: SUBSTITUTE 1 cup (6 oz.) NESTLÉ TOLL HOUSE Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels for Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate Morsels.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease or paper-line 24 mini-muffin cups.
• Place squares of dough into prepared muffin cups; press down lightly in center to make a well.
• Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are set. Cool in pans on wire racks for 5 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• Microwave morsels in small, heavy-duty plastic bag on MEDIUM-HIGH (70%) power for 30 seconds; knead until smooth. Microwave at additional 10- to 15-second intervals, kneading until smooth. Cut tiny corner from bag; squeeze chocolate into each cup.
• For extra chocolatey chocolate chip cookie cups: Substitute 1 cup (6 oz.) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels for Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate Morsels.