Name: Mom's Peanut Butter Blossoms
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 48
Ingredients: Peanut butter - 1 ½ cups; Shortening - 1 cup; White sugar - ⅔ cup; Brown sugar - ⅔ cup; Milk - ¼ cup; Eggs - 2; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons; Flour - 3 cups; Baking soda - 2 teaspoons; Salt - 1 teaspoon; White sugar, or as needed - ¼ cup; Milk chocolate candy kisses (such as Hershey's Kisses®), unwrapped - 2 (12 ounce) bags

Recipe information

Cooking:

15 min.

Servings per container:

Source:

More details

Ingredients for - Mom's Peanut Butter Blossoms

1. Peanut butter - 1 ½ cups

2. Shortening - 1 cup

3. White sugar - ⅔ cup

4. Brown sugar - ⅔ cup

5. Milk - ¼ cup

6. Eggs - 2

7. Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

8. Flour - 3 cups

9. Baking soda - 2 teaspoons

10. Salt - 1 teaspoon

11. White sugar, or as needed - ¼ cup

12. Milk chocolate candy kisses (such as Hershey's Kisses®), unwrapped - 2 (12 ounce) bags

How to cook deliciously - Mom's Peanut Butter Blossoms

1. Stage

Beat peanut butter, shortening, 2/3 cup white sugar, brown sugar, milk, eggs, and vanilla extract together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until creamy and smooth.

2. Stage

Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Gradually fold flour mixture into peanut butter mixture to form a smooth dough. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.

3. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

4. Stage

Pour 1/4 cup white sugar into a shallow bowl. Scoop dough into 1-inch balls, roll balls in sugar, and place 1 1/2 inches apart on baking sheets.

5. Stage

Bake cookies in the preheated oven for 6 minutes; rotate cookie sheets and continue baking for another 3 minutes. Press a chocolate kiss about halfway down in the center of each cookie. Bake for until chocolate begins to melt and lose form, another 2 to 3 minutes. Cool on wire racks until chocolate hardens, at least 3 hours.