PERFECT PEANUT BUTTER BLOSSOMS
When it comes to Christmas cookies, these are the first to be made in our house, every single year. Who doesn’t love a classic, perfect peanut butter blossom after all? They are soft & chewy with a crackle of sugar that each ball of cookie dough is rolled in just before baking and the Hershey’s Kiss provides the ultimate chocolate/peanut butter combination. We are especially crazy for them when the cookies are still warm and the chocolate gets all melted from the heat of the cookie before it sets up again.
I’m not really sure when or why or how peanut butter blossoms came to be associated with Christmas since there is nothing inherently Christmas-y about them in terms of how they look or having seasonal flavors. But they certainly are perfect for taking to a cookie swap or leaving out for Santa on Christmas Eve. We will for sure be making more batches of these before December is over!
My tips for this recipe are more like un-tips. Like, there are no finicky steps for creaming this or that, even though other peanut butter blossom recipes might tell you to do so. Honestly, this is one of the only recipes where I literally put all the ingredients in a bowl all at the same time, and then turn on the blender and let it do it’s job for a minute or two. I don’t cream the butter and peanut butter or gradually add in the sugar. I don’t scrape the sides of the bowl. I don’t gently stir in the flour or chill the dough or any other nonsense.
Ingredients
Instructions
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I’m not really sure when or why or how peanut butter blossoms came to be associated with Christmas since there is nothing inherently Christmas-y about them in terms of how they look or having seasonal flavors. But they certainly are perfect for taking to a cookie swap or leaving out for Santa on Christmas Eve. We will for sure be making more batches of these before December is over!
My tips for this recipe are more like un-tips. Like, there are no finicky steps for creaming this or that, even though other peanut butter blossom recipes might tell you to do so. Honestly, this is one of the only recipes where I literally put all the ingredients in a bowl all at the same time, and then turn on the blender and let it do it’s job for a minute or two. I don’t cream the butter and peanut butter or gradually add in the sugar. I don’t scrape the sides of the bowl. I don’t gently stir in the flour or chill the dough or any other nonsense.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 36 unwrapped Hershey's Kisses (a little less than one bag)
- Extra 1/4 cup sugar, for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Unwrap the Hershey's Kisses.
- Combine all ingredients except the Hershey's Kisses and extra rolling sugar in the large bowl of a stand mixer. Mix well until combined.
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for full recipes please see : houseofnasheats.com