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Mom's Peanut Butter Blossoms

Americanmedium4 servings
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Mom's Peanut Butter Blossoms

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup speanut butter
  • cup shortening
  • 2/3 cup white sugar
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • large eggs
  • teaspoon svanilla extra ct
  • cup sflour
  • teaspoon sbaking soda
  • teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup white sugar, or as needed
  • (12 ounce) bagsmilk chocolate can dy kisses (such as Hershey's Kisses), unwrapped

Instructions

  1. 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. 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. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  4. Pour 1/4 cup white sugar into a shallow bowl. Scoop dough into 1 inch balls, roll balls in sugar, and place 1 ½ inches apart on baking sheets.
  5. 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.