My Best Peanut Butter Blossoms recipe

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Ingredients

¾ cup natural creamy peanut butter
⅔ cup white sugar, or to taste, divided
½ cup unsalted butter
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
24 milk chocolate candy kisses (such as Hershey's Kisses®), or to taste

Nutrition Info

178.7 calories
carbohydrate: 20.7 g
cholesterol: 19 mg
fat: 9.8 g
fiber: 0.9 g
protein: 3.5 g
saturatedFat: 4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 103.7 mg
sugar: 10.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Beat peanut butter, 1/2 cup white sugar, butter, and brown sugar together in a bowl until creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract until combined.

  2. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Stir into the peanut butter mixture. Refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour.

  3. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  4. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in remaining white sugar to coat. Place on baking sheets about 2 inches apart.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until cracks form on the surface of the cookies, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven and place a milk chocolate kiss in the center of each cookie, pressing down gently. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Recipe Yield

24 cookies

Recipe Note

This is my own take on peanut butter blossoms, a favorite cookie... I played with this recipe for a while and think I have mastered it. The key to my cookies is all-natural peanut butter, it really makes a difference!

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