Peanut Butter Caramel Shorties

This recipe was on Ucreate and the blogger http://www.insidebrucrewlife.blogspot.com/  featured the recipe. 

Ingredients:

shortbread cookies:

1 stick butter, softened

2 tbsp. sugar

1 c. flour

Preheat your oven to 350* Cream the butter and sugar until creamy. Beat in the flour. Roll dough into little balls. Place on a baking sheet at least 2 inches apart. Bake 13 minutes. As soon as they come out of the oven, flatten slightly. Don't smash too much or the cookie will crumble apart. Let cool.

peanut butter buckeyes:

1/2 c. peanut butter
3 tbsp. butter, softened
1 c. powdered sugar

1/4 tsp. vanilla

pinch of salt

Cream butter and peanut butter. Add the vanilla and salt and cream again. Gradually add sugar. Shape into small balls.

Now for the secret ingredient in these:

caramel Kisses:

Cut the top off the kisses...you don't want the point so poke out of the cookies. Take a peanut butter ball and smush it around the kiss. Place that pb ball on top of the shortbread cookie.

Now heat some chocolate in the microwave until melted and dip the cookies very carefully. I found the easiest way was to set the cookie in the chocolate and spoon chocolate over the top.Then use a fork to lift it out gently. Tap the fork on the edge, but be careful not to let the candy slide off. Let set and then enjoy.