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Peanut Butter Blossoms

These rich, moist and peanut buttery cookies are SO addicting and can be paired with your favorite chocolate candy. They take less than 30 minutes to prepare and bake, and the ingredients are simple and likely already in your pantry!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 3 dozen

Ingredients
  

  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup light brown sugar packed
  • ½ cup unsalted butter softened
  • ¾ cup creamy peanut butter 6 ounces
  • 1 egg
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Cookie Topping

  • ½ cup granulated sugar for coating rolled dough
  • 36 chocolate candies Hershey's kisses or Dove chocolates are recommended

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Lightly grease a cookie sheet, set aside.
  • Add butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl and cream using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
  • Add egg, mix until combined.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt).
  • Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, about ½ cup at a time. Mix until combined.
  • Roll dough into 1-inch balls and coat in sugar.
  • Place rolled and coated dough on prepared cookie sheet, leaving 1 inch between each cookie. Lightly press each cookie down with two fingers.
  • Bake for 6-10 minutes, removing them from the oven once they just begin to crack, before the edges begin to brown.
  • Immediately place chocolate candy on each of the cookies, lightly pressing down so that it sticks to the cookie.
  • Let cookies rest for 5-10 minutes, then move them to a cooling rack and cool to room temperature.