Zesty Orange Cookie Cups

Courtesy of Family Features

These Zesty Orange Cookie Cups are simple to make and are just the right size to serve with tea. For more entertaining tips and recipe ideas, visit VeryBestBaking.com and Meals.com.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose fl our
2 cups (12-ounce package) Nestlé Toll House Premier White Morsels
2 large eggs
1 can (14 ounces) Nestlé Carnation Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon orange extract
1 tablespoon grated orange peel (1 medium orange)


INSTRUCTIONS:

Heat oven to 350° F. Grease 48 mini-muffin cups. Beat butter and sugar in medium mixer bowl until creamy. Add flour; beat until mixture is evenly moist, crumbly and can be formed into balls. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Press each ball onto bottom and up side of prepared muffi n cups to form wells. Place five morsels in each cup. Beat eggs in medium bowl with wire whisk. Stir in sweetened condensed milk and orange extract. Spoon almost a measuring tablespoon of mixture into each muffin cup, filling about 3/4 full. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until centers are puff ed and edges are just beginning to
brown. Remove from oven and gently run knife around each cup. While still warm, top
each cup with eight to 10 morsels. Cool completely in pans on wire racks. With tip of
knife, remove cookie cups from muffin pans. Top with grated orange peel just before
serving. Store in covered container in refrigerator.