Easy Peanut Butter Blossoms (With Hershey's Kisses)
Quick and easy peanut butter blossoms recipe, requiring simple ingredients. These classic thumbprint cookies with Hershey's chocolate Kisses are soft and chewy.
Servings: 32 Cookies
Calories: 176kcal
Ingredients
- ½ cup Coconut oil Not melted
- ¾ cup Peanut butter Creamy
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoon Milk Whole or 2%, Room temperature
- ⅓ cup Brown sugar
- ⅓ cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 ½ cup All-purpose flour
- ¼ cup Whole wheat flour
- ¼ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- 1 Egg Large, Room temperature
- 1 packet Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides Optional
- ½ cup Granulated sugar For rolling cookie dough balls
- ½ cup Peanut butter Creamy, For filling cookies
- 32 Hershey's Kisses For filling cookies
- ⅓ cup Melted chocolate For drizzling, Optional
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add coconut oil, peanut butter, vanilla extract, milk, brown sugar, granulated sugar and mix everything together until smooth.
- Add all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, egg, collagen peptides and mix everything until mixture becomes crumbly.
- Scoop out small portions of the dough and form balls.
- Roll the balls in a bowl of granulated sugar.
- Place them on a cookie tray, lined with parchment paper. Gently press your index finger in the center of each cookie to make a dent.
- Chill tray for 10 minutes to prevent spreading.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes or until the edges are firm and golden brown.
- If the centers of the cookies have filled in during baking, use the back of a wooden spoon to deepen the holes again. Do this quickly before the cookies have a chance to cool down.
- Once the cookies cool down, fill the centers with peanut butter and a Hershey's kisses. Drizzle with melted chocolate (optional) and Enjoy!
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Notes
- Read additional tips and variations above.
- The dough will be crumbly but if it's hard to handle and form into balls, add a little more milk until it comes together the way you want.
- Heat peanut butter in the microwave for a few seconds to make it easier to fill cookies.
- Leftovers can be stored in a cookie jar at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 176kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 91mg | Potassium: 90mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 0.6mg