Peanut Butter Blossoms
"I found this recipe from Home Cookin' With Dave's Mom (David Letterman), and it's a keeper. I made some with almond kisses and some with regular, and I used half chunky and half creamy peanut butter. I also substituted butter for shortening because it's what I had. It's a dangerous peanut butter cookie. Serving size is estimated and assumes one cookie, but good luck with that."
photo by Bay Laurel
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
4 dozen cookies
- Serves:
- 48
ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg, unbeaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 10 ounces Hershey chocolate kisses
- granulated sugar
directions
- In a small bowl, sift flour, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together shortening, peanut butter, sugars, egg, and vanilla extract.
- Add dry mixture and blend thoroughly.
- Shape into balls, using 1 teaspoon dough (the best cookie really is only 1"--I experimented with larger cookies, but they look like they need more chocolate kisses).
- Roll balls in granulated sugar to coat and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 10 minutes at 375.
- Remove from oven and press a Hershey's Kiss into each cookie.
- Return to oven and bake 2 to 5 minutes longer.
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Reviews
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I followed the recipe exactly and could only just barely get the dough to come together in balls - extremely dry and crumbly. They did not spread at all while baking and almost half of the first batch simply fell apart when I pressed the kisses in. However, those that stayed together did set up pretty well and were very tasty. I beat a second egg and 1/4 cup extra peanut butter into the remaining dough and that fixed the problem; the dough was much more workable and the next batch of cookies held together much better. Will make again, but definitely with double the egg. -
Do not make alone unless you are very strong willed or are not concerned with calorie intake. Very addicting and easy to just pop ino your mouth. It's a little patch of chocolate peanut butter heaven. God help me. I have friends begging to save some for them but I just don't know if I can. This is a new family favorite. YUMMY! Thanks for sharing AmyZoe!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
I love to try new recipes, and this is a wonderful site to find new additions. I rarely make the same thing twice because it's so much fun to try something different. My life long dream is to travel the world and eat my way around it.
