Ingredients:
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 egg
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
2/3 cup milk chocolate chips
24 Hershey’s Kisses, unwrapped
3 tsp white sparkling sugar or granulated sugar
Directions:
Prep: Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan.
Make Dough: In a large mixing bowl, combine butter, both sugars, peanut butter, and egg. Beat until well mixed. Stir in flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt to form a stiff dough. Mix in chocolate chips.
Bake: Press the dough evenly into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons of sugar. Bake for 22-24 minutes until puffed and golden.
Add Kisses: Remove from oven and immediately press Hershey’s Kisses into the dough in rows. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar.
Cool and Serve: Let the bars cool completely in the pan. Cut into squares, ensuring each has a Kiss in the center.
FAQs:
Why are my peanut butter blossoms falling apart?
Why Are My Peanut Butter Blossoms Dry and Crumbly? If your cookies turn out too dry and fall apart, you either baked them too long, or added too much flour.
How many calories are in one peanut butter blossom?
Why You’ll Love These Peanut Butter Blossoms. Creamy peanut butter cookies with sweet, melty chocolate make the best quick treat! Easy and quick to make, you’ll love these classic cookies. Less than 90 calories per cookie!!
What are peanut butter bars made of?
Mix together graham cracker crumbs, confectioners’ sugar, butter or margarine, and 1 cup peanut butter in a medium bowl until well-blended. Press evenly into the bottom of an ungreased 9×13-inch pan
Why are my peanut butter blossoms so dry?
The main reason why your peanut butter blossom cookies may come out dry is if you add too much flour so be sure to use a scale or measure carefully without packing the flour into the measuring cup.
Is peanut butter healthy?
Peanut butter provides healthy fats, protein, and fiber. It’s also rich in vitamins and minerals such as vitamin E, niacin, and magnesium. However, some brands have high amounts of sugar and other additives that can make them less healthy.
Why do my peanut butter cookies get hard?
Why did my peanut butter cookies turn out hard? This is most likely to happen from over-baking your cookies. Make sure to take them out of the oven when they’re still a bit soft in the middles, that way they can finish cooking on their cookie sheets outside the oven.
Why do my peanut butter cookies go flat?
Oven temperatures are a crucial factor in baking. If your cookies consistently come out flat, you may have selected the wrong baking temperature. If you bake cookies using too much heat, the fats in the dough begin to melt before the other ingredients can cook together and form your cookie’s rise.
