Peanut Blossoms

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Peanut Blossoms

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Published prior to 2008

Peanut butter and chocolate is definitely one of our favorite flavor combinations. But if you're not a fan of that duo, simply leave off the chocolate.

1/2 cup (1 stick, 4 ounces) unsalted butter or margarine
3/4 cup (7 1/8 ounces) creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup (2 ounces) granulated sugar
1/3 cup (2 1/4 ounces) brown sugar, packed
1 large egg
2 tablespoons (1 ounce) milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups(6 3/8 ounces) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
granulated sugar
chocolate chunks or "kisses"

In a large bowl, beat the butter or margarine and peanut butter till well blended. Add the sugars; beat till light and fluffy. Add the egg, milk and vanilla, and beat well. Stir the flour, soda and salt together. Gradually mix into the wet ingredients.

Shape the dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar. Place balls on an ungreased cookie sheet, and bake in a preheated 375°F oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and immediately place one chocolate chunk or "kiss" on each cookie. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool completely. Yield: 4 dozen cookies.

Reviews

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  • star rating 04/21/2011
  • celiaceliaCELIA1 from KAF Community
  • Peanut butter wonders! I thought I had already found the ultimate peanut butter cookie but this one has no contenders. The only thing I did differently was the size .....I used a larger scoop and made 28 cookies instead of 48 as reccommended; no change in results,(375.f) for 12 min. Chocolate chunks as directed. They came out perfectly delicious! Thank for another winner,KAF !
  • star rating 12/18/2010
  • dogmom04 from KAF Community
  • Simple and delicious. Not heavy, but melt in your mouth good! Be careful to watch your cookie dough size as I only got 6 dozen out of a double batch-- I figured it out after the first tray and tried to be more accurate with the size.
  • star rating 12/13/2010
  • tophbeifong from KAF Community
  • Great recipe! I've used this as is for the past 4 years. Last year on a whim I put peanut butter cups on top rather than the kiss. They were sinful and so popular my family and friends demand them again this year. Thanks for your tips and wonderful recipes.
  • star rating 12/11/2010
  • Araviel from KAF Community
  • I used a product called Better n' Peanut butter in place of the regular peanut butter. As Better n' Peanut butter is much thinner than regular peanut butter, I omitted the milk and added about 3/8 cup additional flour (I used KAF white wheat flour). I didn't have unsalted butter, so I halved the amount of salt added later. I found that 375 was a bit hot for the oven and so reduced the time to 8 min. I may try reducing the temp to 350 next time as the bottoms of the first batch in the oven were a bit darker than I would have liked, though not quite what I would call burned. The last batch out of the oven were perfect though! I omitted the chocolate all together, as I was most interested in a peanut butter cookie. I was impulse baking and looked through and found that this was the only recipe for which I already had all of the ingredients. I do Weight Watchers and was looking for something to spend a few extra points on as I have a few extra this week - I was good this week :), I laughed when I worked out the points values and found that they were as few as my usual low point cookies! Very yummy and I get to have a few more than I'd thought I could!
  • star rating 07/30/2010
  • Cindy from Joliet, IL
  • This recipe has been around for years. My now grown children request these for birthdays and Christmas. They are awesome.
  • star rating 05/10/2010
  • Kelly McCulley from Des Moines, IA
  • These cookies have a great flavor and texture. More tender than chewy with lots of peanut flavor. I used Dove milk chocolate, and holy schmoly, are they delicious.
  • star rating 01/17/2010
  • Nikki from Placerville, CA
  • These were delicious. I placed a dark chocolate disk on them (instead of a kiss) and the peanut butter & dark chocolate combo was yummy! (I'm not even sure they needed the chocolate - the peanut butter cookie was tasty on its own...)
  • star rating 12/28/2009
  • Katherine from AZ
  • Perfect. Nice flaky cookie rather than being too dense and chewy like some.
  • star rating 12/19/2009
  • Cassie from Lebanon, IN
  • I made these using Mini Peanut Butter cups rather than kisses. They were definitely good, but more rich and peanut buttery than I would've liked. But all in all...you really can't beat the chocolate / Peanut butter combo!
  • star rating 05/26/2009
  • Scheff Special from New York
  • The recipe is perfect. Instead of putting a mini-kiss on top I added 3/4 cup of mini simi-sweet coc chips to the recipe and turned them into peanut coc chip cookies. They turned out puffy and light. I like my cookies a little more dense so next time I'm going to leave out the baking soda and see what happens.
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