Thursday, January 8, 2009

You Got Chocolate in My Peanut Butter...No You Got Peanut Butter in My Chocolate!

Nothing goes better together than peanut butter and chocolate. Combine that with a tall cold glass of milk or a Grande, Half sweet, No Fat, Vanilla Latte, then nothing else around you seems to matter much. This simple indulgence will please pretty well any sweet tooth. Simple to make, hard to resist.

Peanut Butter Blossoms

INGREDIENTS
Hard margarine (or butter), softened ½ cup 125 ml
Smooth peanut butter ½ cup 125 ml
Brown sugar, packed ½ cup 125 ml
Granulated sugar ½ cup 125 ml
Large egg 1 1
Milk 2 tbsp. 30 ml
Vanilla extract 1 tsp. 5 ml
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All-purpose flour 1 ¾ cups 425 ml
Baking soda 1 tsp. 5 ml
Salt ½ tsp. 2 ml
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Granulated sugar 1/3 cup 75 ml
Milk chocolate kisses 54 54

DIRECTIONS

Cream first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Add next 3 ingredients. Mix well.

Combine next 3 ingredients in a small bowl. Add to peanut butter mixture in 2 additions, mixing well after each addition until no dry flour remains. Roll into 1 inch (2.5 cm) balls.

Roll balls in second amount of granulated sugar in same small bowl until coated. Arrange about 2 inches (5 cm) apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake in 3750 F (1900 C) oven for about 10 minutes until golden. Remove from oven.

Immediately place 1 chocolate kiss on top of each cookie. Press down until cookie cracks around edge. Let stand on cookie sheets for 5 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets and place on wire racks to cool. Makes about 54 cookies.

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