Description
Peanut butter blossom cookies are a soft and chewy peanut butter cookie with a dark chocolate kiss in the center. They are easy to make and gluten free. Festive for the Holidays but perfect anytime of year.
Ingredients
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- Wet ingredients
- 3/4 cup coconut sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup natural creamy peanut butter (only ingredient should be peanuts, and maybe salt)
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Dry Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups blanched almond flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- Topping
- 17 dark chocolate Hershey kisses, unwrapped*
Instructions
- Prepare: preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a cookie sheet, or line it with a silpat mat and set aside. At this time unwrap your Hershey kisses so they are ready.
- Cream together wet ingredients: To a large mixing bowl, or the bowl to a stand mixer add all your wet ingredients – using a hand mixer or stand mixer cream together until all ingredients are well incorporated.
- Add dry ingredients: Add all of the dry ingredients and use the mixer to mix together until a smooth batter forms.
- Form into cookies: Using a small cookie scoop or spoon scoop about 2 tablespoons of the dough onto the cookie sheet and use a spatula to press the cookies down just slightly.
- Bake: Bake the cookies for 8 to 9 minutes, or until the cookies have browned. Be careful not to overcook them otherwise they won’t be as soft and chewy.
- Add the kisses: Remove the cookies from the oven and immediately press a Hershey kisses into the center of each cookie
- Cool: Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes on a pan and then transfer them to a cooling wrack to cool completely and allow the Hershey kisses to become solid again. Serve once cooled.
- Store: Store the cookies at room temperature in an air tight container for 3 to 4 days,
Notes
You could also swap the Hershey kiss for a mini peanut butter cup. I really like Justin’s peanut butter cups.
Dairy free option: you could either use vegan butter or swap it for coconut oil. You could either omit the Hershey kiss or find a dairy free alternative, please let us know in the comments if you know of any brands. Also, you could swap the Hershey kiss with a square of dairy free chocolate.
Plain peanut butter cookies: This recipe also would work great without any chocolate as just a plain peanut butter cookie.
