Every year for Christmas, my mom usually makes peanut butter blossoms. This year, with her busy at work, I made them for her. I wanted to adapt the recipe so it would be without shortening, but I didn’t want to sacrifice flavor for anyone else, so I kept it as is, although I didn’t end up eating any.
Peanut Butter Blossoms
(yields about 3 dozen cookies)
1 3/4 cup flour
1 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1 egg
2 T milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1 t vanilla
Hershey’s kisses
Cream shortening, peanut butter, and sugars. Stir in egg, milk and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking soda and salt which have been sifted together. Mix well. Shape into ½ inch balls, roll in sugar. Place on a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake for 8 minutes in a 375 degree oven. Top each cookie with a Hershey kiss and return to oven for 2 more minutes.