The traditional soft peanut butter cookie rolled in sugar and topped with a Hershey's kiss. It is favorite quick and easy classic holiday cookie (or anytime cookie)! No chilling required! Â
The traditional soft peanut butter cookie rolled in sugar and topped with a Hershey's kiss. It is favorite quick and easy classic holiday cookie (or anytime cookie)! No chilling required! Â
The traditional soft peanut butter cookie rolled in sugar and topped with a Hershey’s kiss. It is favorite quick and easy classic holiday cookie (or anytime cookie)! No chilling required!
Perfect Peanut Butter Blossoms
This cookie is a tried and true, no fail cookie! It is a favorite in our home around the holidays. They are super easy to make and you don’t even have to chill the dough before baking!
You can top this cookie with the the traditional Hershey’s kiss or feel free to swap out for a chocolate peanut butter cup or jam like a thumbprint cookie. You can also roll in colored sugar instead of white sugar for a festive look!
I like to put my chocolate kisses on immediately after they come out of the oven, then I leave them at room temperature to set. If you don’t love the kiss getting soft however, you can place the cookies in the freeze directly after placing them on the warm cookie to prevent them from softening.
Make Ahead Tips
These cookies come together in under 30 minutes, but if you are lining up every detail for the holidays with all the prep work, you can make these in advance! You can bake the cookies as directed and store in the freezer, or you can freeze the dough in advance to bake them fresh.
Prepare the dough, roll in sugar, and freeze the dough balls unbaked. An hour or so before baking, remove the dough balls from the sugar and place on a cookie sheet to allow them to come back to room temperature.
Then simply bake and top as directed!
Peanut Butter Blossoms
The traditional soft peanut butter cookie rolled in sugar and topped with a Hershey's kiss. It is favorite quick and easy classic holiday cookie (or anytime cookie)!
+ ¼ cup granulated sugarfor rolling cookie dough in prior to baking
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350° F. Prepare a cookie sheet and line with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
Using a hand or stand mixer, cream together softened butter and peanut butter until blended and smooth. Add the 1/2 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar. Mix again until combined.
Add vanilla and egg. Mix again. Add flour (don't pack - weigh or spoon & level), salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. Mix until just combine. Do not over mix cookie dough.
Using a standard cookie scoop (2 TB), scoop balls of cookie dough and roll in a bowl of granulated sugar. 12 cookie dough balls fit on a standard half sheet pan.
If dough seem pretty soft from handling I recommend chilling for about 10 minutes to prevent the cookies from over spreading.
Bake for 10-12 minutes. While baking, unwrap Hershey's kisses - one for each cookie. Remove cookies from oven and immediately press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie. Store in an airtight container for up to one week.
Notes
MAKE AHEAD TIPS: You can easily make the dough ahead of time by freezing the dough balls rolled in sugar. When you're ready to bake, let them come back to room temperature and bake as directed. You can also freeze the baked cookies, but I love a fresh hot cookie out of the oven! Â
Delicious. These are the best warm and gooey!!
So good! Love the addition of cinnamon. So soft and delicious!
Thank you for taking the time to share! So glad you loved them. Yes, the cinnamon adds just the right amount of warmth! So glad you agree! 🙂