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peanut butter blossom cookies all stacked on top of each other in the pan.

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Brooke Homec
Peanut butter blossom cookies are the perfect simple holiday cookie. A basic peanut butter cookie upgraded with a hershey kiss on top!
5 from 12 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 42
Calories 121 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • ½ cup (102.5 g) shortening
  • ½ cup (110 g) brown sugar
  • ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
  • ½ cup (129 g) creamy peanut butter not natural
  • 1 large egg room temp
  • 2 tablespoon milk room temp
  • 1½ teaspoon (1.5 teaspoon) vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) salt
  • 1¾ cup (245 g) all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar for rolling cookies in
  • flaked sea salt for sprinkling on top
  • 10 oz (283.5 g) bag hershey kisses unwrapped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl cream together shortening and sugars until smooth. Add peanut butter and mix again.
  • Add in egg, milk and vanilla and mix until fully incorporated.
  • Add baking soda, salt and flour and mix until just combined. Do not over mix dry ingredients.
  • Using a 2 teaspoon cookie scoop, scoop dough into balls and roll in sugar. Place on prepared cookie sheets. These cookies do not spread much, so you can place about 20 per cookie sheet. Sprinkle cookies with a little flaked sea salt.
  • Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies are beginning to crinkle and puff up a bit. As soon as you've removed the cookies from the oven, stick a hershey kiss on top of each cookie. Place cookies into the fridge for about 10-15 minutes after so that the chocolate remains firm.

Notes

These cookies can be stored for 2-3 days in an airtight container, or in the freezer for 2-3 months.
These cookies work great with all different flavors of hershey kisses as well. We have tried and loved the plain chocolate, caramel center and peppermint.
Make sure room temperature ingredients are used to help the batter mix together properly.
I have given both cups and grams as measurements. Grams will be more precise, especially when measuring flour. If you don’t have a kitchen scale, no problem! Just lightly spoon flour into your measuring cup to insure its not packed in there. Light and fluffy is the key.

Nutrition

Calories: 121kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 2gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 76mgPotassium: 32mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 8IUCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg
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