Peanut Butter Blossoms. If these stories of peanut butter blossoms have inspired you, it's easy to bake up all sorts of delicious variations of peanut butter cookies. Be sure to check out Betty's guide to making the best-ever. Making peanut butter blossoms without shortening is just as easy, and I much prefer the rich, buttery taste you get by using real butter in this peanut butter blossom cookie recipe.

What are your go to Christmas cookies? Peanut butter blossoms are soft, tender peanut butter cookies topped with milk chocolate Hershey's kisses. There is something undeniably adorable about them, but they have more going for them than. You can Have Peanut Butter Blossoms using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Peanut Butter Blossoms

Lets Go Prepare 10 tbsp. of unsalted butter, softened to room temperature.
Lets Go Prepare 2/3 cup of light brown sugar.
It's 1/4 cup of granulated sugar.
It's 1/2 cup of creamy peanut butter.
Lets Go Prepare 1 of large egg, at room temperature.
It's 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract.
It's 1 1/2 cup of all purpose flour.
What You needis 1 tbsp. of cornstarch.
It's 3/4 tsp. of baking soda.
What You needis 3/4 tsp. of salt.
Lets Go Prepare 1/2 cup of additional granulated sugar, for rolling.
It's of milk chocolate kisses, for topping.

All Reviews for World's Easiest Peanut Butter Blossoms. Beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Peanut Butter Blossoms - Soft sugar coated peanut butter cookies topped with a chocolate Hershey's kiss. An amazing classic cookie recipe that is perfect for any occasion!

Peanut Butter Blossoms step by step

In a large bowl, using either a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and both of the sugars until well combined. Then add in the peanut butter. Once that's combined, add the egg and vanilla extract. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed..
In a separate, large bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed until the ingredients are combined. Then cover the dough with plastic wrap and place it in the fridge to chill for at least 30 minutes..
Preheat the oven to 375 F. Line a couple large baking trays with either parchment paper or silicone baking mats and set them aside. Place the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar in a small bowl. Remove the dough from the fridge and roll into balls, about 2 tsp. of dough per ball. Roll each ball in the sugar and place them on the baking trays, about 2" apart..
Bake for 8-10 minutes, until they are starting to brown lightly around the edges. They should still look puffy and underdone in the center. Within a minute or so of removing them from the oven, place a kiss gently, but firmly into the center of each cookie. Let them cool for about 5 minutes on the cookie tray, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely..

Soft peanut butter cookies topped with a chocolate kiss candy in the center. Peanut Butter Blossoms are classic Christmas cookies. Found on every Christmas cookie tray in America, this cookie is one I've made several times, but never posted. Peanut Butter Blossoms -- Incredibly soft peanut butter cookies topped off with a milk chocolate kiss! Be sure to check out the recipe VIDEO at the bottom of the post!