Peanut Butter Blossoms

A friend of our family has been serving in Iraq for the past year. He and his family attend our church, and he arrived home safe and sound last week. He likes my sugar cookies, and his wife likes my peanut butter cookies. I don't know what the kids like, but kids like most any cookies, right?


This peanut butter cookie recipe was originally given to me by my mother-in-law. She makes them with the Hershey's Kisses on top, but I usually make them just as peanut butter cookies without the Kisses.

Peanut Butter Blossoms

1/2 c. shortening
1/2 c. creamy peanut butter
1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1 egg
2 T. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 3/4 c. flour
Hershey's Kisses (optional)

Preheat oven to 350F.

Cream shortening, peanut butter and sugars. Add egg, milk and vanilla and mix just till combined. Add dry ingredients and mix until well combined.

Shape into walnut-sized balls and roll in granulated sugar. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for approximately 14 min. Remove cookies from oven and place an unwrapped Hershey's Kiss on top until cookie cracks around edges. Return to oven for approximately 2 min. longer.

If not using Hershey's Kisses, bake approximately 15 min. until cookies are lightly browned on the edges. Remove from oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before removing from cookie sheet.

Thank you, all military personnel, for doing what you do. Thank you, all their families, who have also sacrificed a great deal. Your sacrifice allows us all to enjoy the life of freedom we have here in this country. Because of you, I don't have to worry for the continual safety of my family on a daily basis. Thank you.

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