Peanut Butter Blossoms

We had a great time yesterday baking cookies with the girls for Christmas, I hope it becomes a new tradition. We made both sugar cookies and these Peanut Butter Blossoms. The girls had a blast helping measure and decorating these sweet treats too. The Peanut Butter Blossoms were fairly easy to put together and they taste great too. Here is how we made them... I didn't count exactly how many cookies it made but there was plenty for the 3 of us to take enough home to munch on.

Peanut Butter Blossoms       

Makes about 60 cookies

Peanut Butter Blossoms

ingredients

• 1 cup shortening

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup sugar for decorating
• candy kisses, unwrapped

directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375º. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

2. In a large bowl, cream the shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar and 1 cup white sugar until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating until fully incorporated. Mix in milk and vanilla. Set aside.

3. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt together. Gradually pour this mixture into the peanut butter mixture until well blended.

4. Shape tablespoons of dough into balls and roll in remaining white sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart on baking sheets.

5. Bake each batch for 10-12 minutes until golden. Remove from oven and immediately press a chocolate kiss into each cookie. Let them cool completely before storing. Note: if you need to speed the cooling process, place baking sheets in the fridge and they will set rather quickly.

Enjoy!

This recipe was adapted from My Baking Addiction.