Ingredients
½ cup granulated sugar, plus extra for coating
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup (1 stick) salted butter, softened
1 egg
½ cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon baking soda
24 Hershey’s kisses (or more or less, depending on how many cookies you make)
Instructions
1-Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease two baking sheets or line with parchment or silicone mats.
2-In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to cream together granulated sugar, brown sugar and butter. Add egg, peanut butter and vanilla extract. Beat well.
3-In a separate bowl, whisk (or sift) together flour, salt and baking soda. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture; mix just until combined. Optional, but recommended: cover and chill dough for up to 30 minutes for really thick, chewy cookies.
4-Place about ½ cup of additional granulated sugar in a shallow bowl. Using a cookie scoop (about 1 ½ tablespoons), roll dough into balls and coat in sugar. Place about 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets.
5-Bake in the 375 degree F oven for 9-10 minutes, or until the tops begin to crack a little bit. The cookies will still be soft. Remove the baking sheets from the oven and place on wire racks to cool. Let the cookies cool for 2-3 minutes, then place a chocolate kiss in the center of each cookie, pressing down slightly. Cool on the baking sheets for about 3-5 more minutes, and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
Notes:
Chewy Peanut Butter Blossoms: pull the cookies out of the oven when they still look soft (and slightly under-baked in the center). They will firm up as they cool, but will remain nice and chewy on the inside.
While it’s not mandatory when you’re in a rush, I find that chilling the dough for about 30 minutes yields the thickest, chewiest peanut butter cookies.
Use a processed peanut butter (like Jif) rather than all-natural peanut butter. The processed nut butters do not separate, which yields a better quality cookie.
Nutrition:
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 149mg | Potassium: 53mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg