Peanut Butter Blossoms
This recipe is super fun and easy to make. You can customize it and really have fun with it. Peanut butter is a sure crowd pleaser too. As long as nobody has any allergies, I feel like you can't go wrong. The kids love these and the adults do too!
Alexis Wilmouth
Mar 30, 2022
2 min read
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar, plus 1/4 cup for coating
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- milk chocolate Hershey's Kisses
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside. Add the 1/4 cup of sugar to a small bowl and set aside to roll dough in later. Unwrap about 24 kisses and set aside also.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- Cream together butter and peanut butter with an electric mixer. Add in sugar and brown sugar. Cream together with the butter and peanut butter, scraping the bowl as needed.
- Mix in egg and vanilla.
- Mix in flour 1/2 cup at a time, until gone.
- Roll the dough into one inch balls, then roll them in the 1/4 cup of sugar that you set aside earlier. Place them about 2-3 inches apart on your lined baking sheets.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, until cookies are golden and have spread. Thumbprint your hot cookies, and let them cool on the baking sheets for 2-3 minutes. Place the kisses in the thumbprints.
*Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
*Thumbprinting the cookies and placing the kisses on after they have cooled a little, helps your kisses not to melt all over the top of the cookies. However, you want to add the kisses while the cookies are still just a bit warm, that way they will stay on the cookies. If you wait too long, the kisses may fall off of the cookies later.
*After you have completed step 5, if you feel that your dough is a bit too soft and/or sticky, you can place it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to get it to a more workable texture.
*This is a great recipe to make with your kiddos. You can let them unwrap the kisses while you're preparing the dough, and they can add the kisses to the cookies later.
*This recipe can be made to be really festive and fun looking. You can color the dough with a little gel food coloring for holidays and other events. For example, I like to make mine different pastel colors for Easter. You can also roll them in assorted colors of sanding sugar, instead of granulated sugar. You use different kisses for a fun touch as well. I like to add the hot cocoa kisses at Christmas time.