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Best Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Blossoms Cookie Recipe

Peanut Butter Blossoms, otherwise known as Hershey Kiss Peanut Butter Cookies are a perfect everyday cookie but can also be made festive for any holiday by adding colored sugar instead of plain sugar. That extra touch is what makes this the best Hershey kiss peanut butter cookie recipe.

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Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • Colored sugar
  • 36 Hershey kisses, unwrapped

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Use a stand mixer with paddle attachment to mix the peanut butter, butter, sugars and salt, until well blended.

Mixing the first ingredients

Add the egg and vanilla and mix until well combined. Sift the flour and baking soda into the bowl. Scrape down the sides as needed to incorporate all of the ingredients.

Mixing the cookie dough

Form the dough into 1 inch balls. Roll each ball into colored sugar. Place the balls 2 inches apart on a lined cookie sheet.

preparing the cookies for baking

Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the tops look slightly cracked and the bottoms are lightly browned.

baked cookies

Immediately press a Hershey kiss in the center of each peanut butter blossom cookie.

Hershey kisses added to the cookies

Allow the cookies to cool completely on a cooling rack before attempting to stack them. At room temperature this will take several hours.

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Printable Recipe

Recipe By Kristin
Course: Dessert Cusine:American Difficulty:Easy

Servings

36 minutes

Preparing Time

20 minutes

Cooking Time

10 minutes

Calories

kcal

INGREDIENTS

  1. 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

  2. 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

  3. 1/2 cup granulated sugar

  4. 1/2 cup light brown sugar

  5. 1/2 teaspoon salt

  6. 1 egg

  7. 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract

  8. 1.5 cups all-purpose flour

  9. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

  10. Colored sugar

  11. 36 Hershey kisses, unwrapped

DIRECTION

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.<br>Use a stand mixer with paddle attachment to mix the peanut butter, butter, sugars and salt, until well blended.<br>Add the egg and vanilla and mix until well combined. Sift the flour and baking soda into the bowl. Scrape down the sides as needed to incorporate all of the ingredients.<br>Form the dough into 1 inch balls. Roll each ball into colored sugar. Place the balls 2 inches apart on a lined cookie sheet.<br>Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the tops look slightly cracked and the bottoms are lightly browned.  <br>Immediately press a Hershey kiss in the center of each peanut butter blossom cookie.  <br>Allow the cookies to cool completely on a cooling rack before attempting to stack them. At room temperature this will take several hours.

NOTES

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By Kristin

I am a part-time pediatric pharmacist, full time wife and mother of three teens. I’m also a home chef, gamer, and love to entertain in my home. I know how to relax and enjoy my home life and would love to share my ideas with you.

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