Baking cookies is one of my favorite holiday traditions. There are a few old family favorite cookie recipes that I have to bake. Peanut Butter Blossoms is one of those recipes.
They are easy and simply delicious. Let’s bake someone happy.
Ingredients in Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
These are the ingredients you will need to make these cookies. The full printable recipe can be found farther down.
- Flour: All purpose flour works for this recipe. This recipe does not require a lot of flour because the peanut butter acts as a binder and more flour would actually make the cookies dry.
- Baking soda: Aids in the cookies rising properly.
- Salt: Enhances the flavor.
- Butter: Make sure your butter is at room temperature before starting. Butter acts a structural component as well as a fundamental flavor profile.
- Peanut butter: This is the star of the whole show. It is our main flavor and it adds structure to the cookies.
- Granulated sugar: Added for sweetness and enhances browning.
- Brown sugar: Added for sweetness and extra softness.
- Egg: The main binder in the cookies.
- Milk: Adds moisture and fat.
- Vanilla: Adds flavor and color.
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Step by Step Photos Making the Peanut Butter Blossoms
The recipe card and be found below, but these step by step photos will help guide you through the process.
Start by placing butter, peanut butter, and sugars in a large bowl and cream together. Next, add milk and vanilla to the butter mixture. Then add the egg and beat to blend.
In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add flour mixture to butter mixture. This will create a very soft dough.
Scoop the dough with a cookie scoop and then shape dough into a ball.
Now roll the dough balls in sugar evenly coating the surface of the ball.
Place your sugar-coated dough balls on a nonstick-lined cookie sheet two inches apart.
Bake in a preheated oven at 375°F for 8 minutes. Remove from the oven and lightly press a Hershey Kiss in center of each cookie and return to the oven for an additional two minutes. Remove your fresh baked cookies from the oven and place on a cooling rack and now they are ready to be enjoyed!
Questions you might have
- Why are my peanut butter blossoms coming out dry? If your peanut butter blossom cookies are coming out too dry, you are most likely using too much flour.
- How long do peanut Butter blossoms stay fresh? These cookies are good for about five days after baking and should be stored in an airtight container at room temperature and away from direct sunlight.
- How many calories are in peanut butter blossoms? There are about 113 calories in each cookie.
- Can I make these with different kinds of nut butter? Yes, you can use any nut butter you want just expect a crumblier cookie.
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Equipment
- Silpat
- Cookie sheet
- Stand mixer
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbls milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 36 Hershey Kisses
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- Unwrap 36 Hershey Kisses
- Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Cream together shortening, and peanut butter
- Gradually add sugars.
- Then, add egg, milk, and vanilla.
- Scoop dough with a cookie scoop and roll into balls.
- Place ¾ cup of granulated sugar in a shallow bowl.
- Roll each dough ball in the sugar to coat. Please dough balls on a Silpat lined cookie sheet. Placing them 2" apart.
- Bake for 8 minutes
- Remove the pan from the oven and place one Hershey Kiss in the center of each cookie (pressing lightly) and return the pan to oven and bake 2 more minutes.
- Place baked cookies on a cooling rack.
Nutrition
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Beth
Sunday 1st of December 2024
Just a heads up, the directions refer to shortening, but the recipe calls for butter.
Jennifer Y Miller
Friday 8th of December 2023
What brand of peanut butter do you like to use?
rabbitpassage
Tuesday 14th of February 2023
I followed the instructions to the letter, and the results were great! When I placed the kisses on top of the cookies, they were somewhat puffed and tasted so delicious! Tomorrow, I will bring these cookies to my coworkers slope unblocked. I am confident that they will also enjoy them!
Megan W
Friday 11th of November 2022
Instantly removing this recipe from my Sweet board!!! I followed the recipe exactly and these peanut butter blossoms turned out flat and resembled a witch hat more than a cookie. Keep searching if you’re looking for the perfect peanut butter blossom. Disappointing!
Colette S
Wednesday 18th of December 2024
@Megan W, I totally agree with you. Mine turned out flat too. Very disappointing!
targetfend robics
Tuesday 20th of September 2022
These cookies with peanut butter and chocolate are fantastic. Very nice. drift boss