Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
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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.
i can’t believe you don’t like these! they are so good!
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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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Mmmm PB blossom’s are awesome. They are super cute.
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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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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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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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cant wait to try them!!
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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 on December 6th, 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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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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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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I made a version of these cookies and they came out AMAZING! I used butter instead of shortening, because I didn’t have any on hand. and instead of peanut butter i used trader joes brand almond butter (roasted, salted, creamy), and rolled the cookies in chopped candied pecans instead of granulated sugar. they came out UNREAL. here’s a pic!
http://www.gramfeed.com/instagram/244100328128397110_11797446
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Michelle on July 28th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
What a fabulous adaptation! They sound (and look) amazing!
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I made these and they were good. Thanks again!
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It’s not your mother’s recipe. This recipe is found on Hershey’s and CVS’ website.
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Michelle on November 21st, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Michelle, Thank you for your interest in this recipe. This is, in fact, my mother’s recipe. She has it written on an index card and has been making it since before I was born. I don’t know when the recipes were posted to Hershey’s or CVS’ websites, all I can tell you is when mine was posted (December 2007) and where I got it.
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These cookies are a classic, and I’ve always wanted to try making them myself. I followed this recipe as written and the cookies were perfect — thank you (and your mom)!
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