Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

December 21, 2007 | 16 Comments | Email | Print

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These are the quintessential Christmas cookie. They show up, without fail, at every cookie exchange and on every cookie tray. If there is anyone who tires of these cookies I’d love to find them. Yet another peanut butter cookie I can’t enjoy, but back in the “good old days” I’d gobble them up without abandon. This is your basic peanut butter cookie with a chocolate kiss pressed down into the middle as soon as they come out of the oven. Mmm, Christmas in a cookie!

Peanut Butter Blossoms

(Source: My Mom)

Ingredients:
48 Hershey’s kisses, unwrapped
½ cup shortening
¾ cup peanut butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
Sugar

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375. Remove wrappers from chocolates.

Beat shortening and peanut butter in a large bowl until well blended. Add 1/3 cup sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls (I used my small cookie scoop from Pampered Chef and got exactly 48 cookies). Roll in sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

Makes about 4 dozen.

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16 Responses to Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

MrsPresley December 21, 2007 at 8:02 pm

i can’t believe you don’t like these! they are so good! :)

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Beth December 22, 2007 at 4:29 pm

Thanks cuz! I made these and they were flatter than a board. I’ll have to try yours out.

Love, Beth

ps- MrsPresley, she likes them, but is allergic to peanut butter. Poor cousin. :(

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Amber December 27, 2007 at 10:45 am

Mmmm PB blossom’s are awesome. They are super cute.

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Deborah December 28, 2007 at 2:47 pm

I know that Christmas is over, but I bought a bag of Christmas kisses on sale yesterday just for these cookies!!

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Kristin December 12, 2008 at 10:06 am

I love making these year after year and my family LOVES them! I’m going to be baking them in a few days and I’m also going to try a similiar one where you put the peanut butter dough in a mini-muffin tin and then after it’s baked put a Reese’s Mini Peanut Butter Cup in the middle…mmmnnn!

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Jaclyn December 8, 2010 at 7:14 pm

I just made these for a Christmas cookie party and they turned out wonderfully … thanks for sharing such a great recipe!

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Helen December 18, 2010 at 7:25 am

cant wait to try them!! :D

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Elisa December 6, 2011 at 7:11 pm

YUMMO can’t wait to try them out!! One question-It says to use 1/2 c shortening, did you use vegetable or butter shortening? Thanks!

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Michelle December 6, 2011 at 11:20 pm

Hi Elisa, I used vegetable shortening, but if you have butter shortening you could use that too.

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Kim December 19, 2011 at 12:54 pm

My mom makes these every year. She replaces half of the kisses with jam (whatever kind is in the fridge) just for me!

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Kerry January 12, 2012 at 10:26 pm

My grand kids are allergic to peanut butter.. I used Almond butter instead. The texture was different but the boys loved them.

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