Christmas Peanut Butter Blossoms
Soft, homemade peanut butter blossoms with chocolate kisses decorated like Christmas trees. They're the perfect addition to your holiday cookie tray.
Servings: 3 dozens
Calories: 154kcal
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 5 tablespoons butter softened
- ⅓ cup solid shortening
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 24 milk chocolate kisses
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 ounces almond bark
- Colorful nonpareils
- Small candy stars
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º Fahrenheit.
- Grease a baking sheet and set aside.
- Unwrap chocolate kisses and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and baking powder.
- In large bowl mixing bowl, combine the butter, shortening, and peanut butter and beat until smooth.
- Add the brown sugar and mix until smooth.
- Scrape down sides and bottom of the bowl. Blend again.
- Add the egg and vanilla and blend until uniform.
- Slowly add the flour mixture and blend on low until incorporated. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and blend another 30 seconds.
- Shape dough into small 1-inch balls.
- Roll balls in granulated sugar and place on the prepared cookie sheet at least 1-inch apart.
- Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown on the bottom.
- Remove cookies from the oven.
- Immediately top each cookie with a milk chocolate candy kiss, pressing down firmly so the cookie lightly cracks around the edge.
- Allow the cookies to sit on the pan for 5 minutes then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- In a small dish, melt white bark in 30-second intervals until smooth.
- Transfer melted bark into a plastic sandwich bag. Be careful because it may be hot.
- Cut a very small corner of the bag off.
- Pipe the melted bark around each chocolate kiss to make the strands of lights.
- Sprinkle small sprinkles onto the strands.
- Using a very small amount of melted bark, stick a star on the top of each chocolate kiss.
- Wait until the chocolate kisses and white bark have hardened before storing in an airtight container.
Notes
- You can use homemade peanut butter cookie mix or store-bought cookie mix.
- When making these cookies, make sure not to pack in your sugar too much or it will cause your cookies to become flat.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.
Nutrition
Calories: 154kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 128mg | Potassium: 40mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 73IU | Calcium: 19mg | Iron: 1mg