Peanut butter blossom cookies are a classic for a reason! When you nestle a chocolate kiss into a chewy and soft peanut butter cookie, you create a holiday cookie that's hard not to love.
Instructions
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Cream the butter, sugar and peanut butter
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Preheat the oven to 350°F. Cream the softened butter, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy, five to seven minutes. Editor's Tip: Our guide to how to cream butter and sugar specifies that the mixture should be pale in color and fluffy before moving on with the recipe.
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Beat in the egg
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Beat the egg into the creamed peanut butter mixture. Editor's Tip: A room-temperature egg will mix into the other ingredients much better than one pulled straight from the fridge.
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Add the flour mixture
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In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Beat the flour mixture into the peanut butter mixture.
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Bake the peanut butter cookies
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Drop by level tablespoonfuls spaced 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake until light brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Editor's Tip: Instead of measuring out tablespoonfuls, I use a small cookie scoop when making cookies. A cookie scoop is definitely one of the essential baking supplies that every home cook needs.
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Put the kisses on the cookies
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Remove the peanut butter blossom cookies from the oven, and immediately push an unwrapped chocolate kiss into the top of each cookie. Cool the cookies on the baking sheet for two minutes. Transfer the cookies to wire racks, and let cool completely.
