Peanut Butter Cookies (Peanut Blossoms)
Ingredients
1½ cup
All purpose flour
½ tsp
Baking soda
1 cup
Butter
1 cup
Sugar
1
Egg
1 tsp
Vanilla essence
½ tsp
Salt
1 cup
Peanut butter
(creamy)
Sugar
(for coating)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 375°F
2
In a bowl, combine flour and baking soda.
3
In another large bowl cream together butter and sugar, add egg and whisk.
4
Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
5
Make 1 inch balls from the dough and roll in sugar to coat.
6
Place on a greased baking sheet and flatten with fork tines in a crisscross pattern.
7
Bake for 10-12 minutes.
8
Cool on a rack or foil.
Variation
Instructions
1
Place balls on a baking sheet 2 inches apart.
2
Bake for 10-12 minutes then immediately top each cookie with milk chocolate Hershy’s kisses.
3
Press firmly so the cookie slightly cracks around the edges.
4
Move to a cooling rack.