Peanut Butter Blossoms

 

Ya, so I'm adhering to my New Years Resolution to eat healthier.  Honest, I am.  When I've been blog surfing, I've even bookmarked healthy recipes. Again, honest.  No finger crossing.  But let's be serious.  Not gonna eat only healthy cuz healthier is just that, healthier. Not healthy only!!  For heaven sakes a girl needs something good to live for. Family, friends of course, I live for them but a yummy somethin or a ruther a girls just gotta have.  I do anyway.  So no, I have NOT gone healthy cold turkey, and I don't plan on it.  These peanut butter blossoms are the stuff that makes life grand (imho).  They are on my top 5 favorite list of cookies.  If you haven't tried them yet, do yourself a favor and whip up a batch!




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Peanut butter blossoms:- adapted from Hershey 

Ingredients:    


48 HERSHEY'S KISSES 
1/2 cup butter flavored shortening
3/4 cup Creamy Peanut Butter ( I'm an exclusively JIF girl! )
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Granulated sugar

Directions:

1. Remove wrappers from chocolate kisses; place in freezer overnight.(I forgot to freeze them and they came out just fine!)

2. Heat oven to 375°F. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended. Add 1/3 cup 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 48 balls (about 1-inch each). Roll in granulated sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 3 to 4 minutes. Press frozen peanut butter filled chocolate piece into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove cookies from sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. 48 cookies.