Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

2 Tbs butter

2 Tbs corn syrup

1 tsp vanilla

½ cup peanut butter

½ cup confectioners' sugar

1 pound chocolate – semisweet or bittersweet

Melt the butter in a saucepan or microwave-safe bowl. Add corn syrup and the vanilla. Stir in the peanut butter, then the sugar. Set the mixture aside.

Melt 12 ounces of the chocolate over low heat or in the microwave, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat, and add the remaining chocolate, stirring until smooth. Return to the heat very briefly, if necessary. The chocolate should be smooth and thick.

Place silicone mini-cups or paper mini-cups on a pan. Use a spoon or teaspoon cookie scoop to drop a generous teaspoonful of melted chocolate into each cup. Drop a slightly rounded teaspoonful of peanut butter mixture on top of the chocolate. Cover with more chocolate. Refrigerate until set. Remove from the silicone cups. Store cool and dry. Yield: 24 peanut butter cups.

Notes: Adapted from King Arthur Flour catalog; this is what you make when you have kids.

Marcia