Hershey's Kisses Peanut Butter Blossoms Cookie Recipe

by Cindi Sutter, Founder & Editor Spirited Table®—All content and images provided by Hershey.

HERSHEY’S peanut butter blossoms cookies — a classic almost anyone will recognize. Yes, these peanut butter desserts are famous for their chewy REESE’S creamy peanut butter cookie base topped with HERSHEY’S KISSES milk chocolate candies, but it’s the taste that reminds us of all the special memories that come with these traditional holiday cookies. Have a bag of HERSHEY’S KISSES chocolates ready and grab your favorite people. Then it’s time for the best part using this peanut butter blossoms cookie recipe. Bite straight in, eat around the peanut butter base or save the chocolate for your very last bite.

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Yield: 48 cookies

Cookie Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup shortening

• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter

• 1/3 cup granulated sugar

• 1/3 cup light brown sugar

• 1 egg

• 2 tablespoons milk

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 1/2 cups flour

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

• granulated sugar

• 48 Hershey kisses

Instructions

1. Pre-Equipment Needed 

   OVEN

   MIXING BOWL

   WIRE RACK

   COOKIE SHEET

   MEASURING CUPS

2. Instructions

   1. Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from chocolates.

   2. Beat shortening and peanut butter in a large bowl until well blended. Add 1/3 cup of granulated 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.

   3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet.

   4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate into the center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet and onto a wire rack. Cool completely.

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