I'm sure most of you have their own recipe for these cookies. I'm even starting to see them pop up as chocolate blossoms with a chocolate-mint kiss on top. But I like to fancy things up come Christmas time and thought I would share my technique with you. The special ingredient? Green and Red sanding sugar. The traditional recipe calls for you to roll the dough into 1" balls and then roll in granulated sugar, but for Christmas I make a mixture of red and green sanding sugar, giving the cookies a jewel-like appearance. Of course, you can roll yours in whatever color sanding sugar that matches your holiday.
Peanut Blossom Cookies
Ingredients:
· 8 oz. pkg. Kisses chocolates
· 1/2 cup shortening
· 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
· 1/3 cup sugar
· 1/3 cup light brown sugar
· 1 egg
· 2 tbsp. milk
· 1 tsp. vanilla
· 1 1/2 cups flour
· 1 tsp. baking soda
· 1/2 tsp. salt
· sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375°. Remove wrappers from Kisses chocolates.
Beat shortening and peanut butter in a mixer until well blended. Add sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
Shape dough into 1″ balls. Roll in granulated sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Immediately press a Kiss into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
Variation: For Christmas, use red and green sugar for the coating. Sanding sugar will give a crisper bite to the cookie.
Servings: about 3-4 Doz.
Enjoy!
