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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

    2 cups milk chocolate chips
    2 tablespoons shortening
    1/2 cup butter
    1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter
    1 cup confectioners' sugar
    2/3 cup graham cracker crumbs
    30 mini (1 3/4 by 1 1/4 inch) paper cups

  In 1-quart saucepan combine chocolate chips and shortening. Cook
 over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth (3 to
 5 minutes).

  Loosen top paper cup from stack, but leave in stack for greater
 stability while being coated. With small paint brush, coat inside top
 cup evenly with about 1 teaspoon melted chocolate to about 1/8-inch
 thickness, bringing coating almost to top of cupbut not over edge.
 Repeat until 30 cups are coated; refrigerate cups.

  In 2-quart saucepan combine butter or margarine and peanut butter.
 Cook over medium heat, stirring ocassionally, until melted (4 to 6
 minutes). Stir in confectioners' sugar and graham cracker crumbs.
 Press about 1/2 tablespoon filling into each chocolate cup.

 Spoon about 1/2 teaspoon melted chocolate on top of filling; spread
 to cover. Freeze until firm (about 2 hours) carefully peel off paper
 cups. Store refrigerated.


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