Homemade peanut butter blossom cookies are a classic Christmas treat. This recipe makes soft and chewy cookies that are so festive!
Peanut butter blossom cookies are a classic holiday treat and necessary addition to any Christmas cookie tray. These are hands down my favorite holiday cookie to make. Sometimes called peanut butter kisses, peanut butter blossoms are made with a soft and chewy peanut butter cookie base and topped with a kiss. So festive and cute!
These cookies are commonly found in the yearly cookie exchanges many of us participate in. I’ve been using this recipe for years and it always makes perfect cookies that are highly requested by my family.
If you love peanut butter treats, also try my peanut butter balls, another classic holiday treat!
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Ingredients for Blossom Cookies
Classic baking ingredients like flour, eggs, sugar and butter combine with smooth peanut butter to make a delicious and soft cookie. Topped with a Hershey’s Kiss, peanut butter blossom cookies are sure to be the most popular on the dessert table!
- All-purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Butter
- Smooth peanut butter
- Granulated sugar
- Light brown sugar
- egg
- Milk
- Vanilla
- Hershey’s Kisses
How To Make Peanut Butter Blossoms
Peanut butter blossom cookies are easy to make and take only a few steps but look so festive!
Step 1: Sift together flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
Step 2: Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, peanut butter, ½ cup granulated sugar and light brown sugar.
Step 3: Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat until well blended.
Step 4: Gradually add flour mixture, mixing thoroughly. If the dough is very soft, refrigerate for about 1 hour.
Step 5: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray, oil or line a cookie sheet with nonstick liner and set aside. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. Roll cookies in sugar and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
Step 6: Bake until very light brown and puffed, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove sheet from oven and lightly press a candy kiss into center of each cookie, allowing it to crack slightly. Return to oven until light golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.
Equipment
No special equipment is needed to make these cookies! A handheld mixer is helpful to combine everything, but you could also use a whisk.
- Baking sheet
- Mixing Bowl
- Handheld mixer
FAQs for Peanut Butter Blossoms
Natural peanut butter with nothing but salt added is great for daily use on toast or sandwiches but just won’t work in this recipe. Natural peanut butter does not have stabilizers, so it’s oily and will separate. You will want to get the national brands like Jiffy Creamy Peanut Butter.
Hershey’s Kisses are necessary to make the classic version of these cookies, but you can use the base cookie recipe and add other toppings. Try mini peanut butter cups or candied nuts.
Store these cookies in an airtight container for up to 3 days at room temperature or in the fridge for up to 1.5 weeks. Storing in the fridge will change the texture slightly, but they will still taste delicious!
You can freeze these cookies for up to 1 month in the freezer. Freezing for any longer than this changes the texture and risks freezer burn.
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie Recipe
- Total Time: 18 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
Delicious peanut butter cookies perfect for the whole family! Shaped like little hats perfect for decorating and the holidays!
Ingredients
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
4 ounces (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
½ cup smooth peanut butter
½ cup granulated sugar, more for rolling
½ cup light brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Nonstick spray or vegetable oil for cookie sheet, optional
5 dozen (one 11-ounce package) Hershey’s Kisses, foil removed
Instructions
- Sift together flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
- Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, peanut butter, ½ cup granulated sugar and light brown sugar.
- Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat until well blended.
- Gradually add flour mixture, mixing thoroughly. If the dough is very soft, refrigerate for about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray, oil or line a cookie sheet with nonstick liner and set aside. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. (For a precise number of cookies, divide the dough into 5 pieces, and shape each piece into 12 balls.)
- Roll cookies in sugar and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake until very light brown and puffed, 6 to 8 minutes. Remove sheet from oven and lightly press a candy kiss into center of each cookie, allowing it to crack slightly. Return to oven until light golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from oven, cool completely and store in an airtight container.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
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Way cool! Tastes just like my mom used to make.
I make peanut butter blossoms every few months and this has been my favorite recipe!
Good recipe. Works everytime. Thanks!
This is my families favorite peanut butter blossom recipe! I do wonder if you have ever tried other toppers like recces and if that works?
This is the best peanut butter blossom cookie recipe! I’ll be making these several more times during the holidays.
Just made a half batch of these! They’re TOO delicious! Never making a half batch again, doubling is the only thing that makes sense lol.
Agree! They really are the best!
NYT has the best recipes and this one is in the top 10 for me. Thank you for taking the time to post it as NYT charges for access to their online recipes. The only change I make (as I have reduced my processed sugar intake) is I use fresh ground peanut butter, do not roll in sugar, and use Dove dark chocolate squares in lieu of kisses.
These cookies are my absolute favorite to make for my kids. The recipes comes out perfect anytime.
These have become my go-to cookies!
I made these for my sons birthday and he loved them. Ill be making them at the holidays for sure. I wonder if anyone has tried any other candy in place of the hershey?
Adorable classic cookies. I make them every year for Christmas. I tried peanut butter cups once but they melted a bit too much. Something about the kisses that just works the best.
This is a great recipe! It’s very easy to make and they are so cute everyone loves them.
I tried a few of these peanut butter blossom recipes and this one was the best. Thank you for sharing!
These make perfect peanut butter blossom cookies! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
This is the best cookie recipe! Very easy to follow and I make it every year for Christmas.
I love love love this recipe! It’s so easy to make but everyone loves these cookies.
I’ve tried a few of these recipes online and this one is by far the best. The cookie comes out a bit chewy but soft.
This is a really good recipe. I make them every year for Christmas and the kids love them.