Baking Christmas cookies with my family is a favorite tradition during the holiday season. In addition to sugar cookies, I always bake peanut butter Kiss cookies each year. A peanut butter cookie rolled in sugar and topped with a chocolate Kiss just says Christmas to me. To make my peanut butter Kiss cookies even more festive, I even roll the uncooked dough in red and green colored sugar. I also sometimes use festive chocolate instead of plain Kisses such as the chocolate bells that I used one year.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of shortening or butter
- 3/4 cup of creamy peanut butter
- 1/3 cup plus extra of white sugar
- 1/3 cup of packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons of milk
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 48 chocolate Kisses
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 375º.
- Unwrap the chocolate Kisses.
- Combine the shortening/butter and peanut butter in a large bowl with a mixer.
- Add the 1/3 cup of white sugar and brown sugar to the peanut butter mixture.
- Add the egg, milk, and vanilla to the peanut butter mixture.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
- Shape the cookie dough into 1-inch balls.
- Roll the cookie dough balls in the extra sugar. (Use colored sugar for more festive cookies!)
- Place the sugared cookie dough balls on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Remove from the oven.
- Immediately press a chocolate Kiss into the centers of the baked cookies.
- Remove from the cookie sheet.
- Allow to cool.
- Store in an airtight container.
What yummy Christmas goodies are you baking this holiday season?
Image Credits
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Recipe © 2012 Heather Johnson
Starting with Shortening for the Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Peanut Butter to the Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Dough © 2012 Heather Johnson
Mixing the Ingredients for the Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Dough © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Sugar to the Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Dough © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Brown Sugar to the Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Dough © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Egg to the Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Dough © 2012 Heather Johnson
Whole Wheat Flour © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Dry Ingredients to the Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Dough © 2012 Heather Johnson
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookie Dough © 2012 Heather Johnson
Red, White, and Green Sugar © 2012 Heather Johnson
Rolling the Dough Balls in Sugar © 2012 Heather Johnson
Baked Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies © 2012 Heather Johnson
Adding the Chocolate Kisses © 2012 Heather Johnson
Counter of Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies © 2012 Heather Johnson
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies © 2011 Heather Johnson
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies © 2012 Heather Johnson
