Lauren's Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
Classic peanut butter cookies topped with chocolate kisses. These tender, sweet cookies combine rich peanut butter dough rolled in sugar and are finished with a chocolate kiss pressed into their centers while warm.
Ingredients
- •1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- •1 teaspoon baking soda
- •½ teaspoon salt
- •1 cup sugar
- •½ cup dark brown sugar
- •8 tablespoons unsalted butter
- •½ cup peanut butter
- •1 whole egg
- •1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- •30 pieces chocolate kisses
- •2 pieces baking sheets
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Position a rack in the upper third of the oven and a second rack in the lower third then preheat to 350°F.
10 min
- 2.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
3 min
- 3.
Place 1/2 cup sugar in a small bowl.
1 min
- 4.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the remaining 1/2 cup sugar with the brown sugar, butter, and peanut butter and beat on medium speed, scraping the bowl occasionally, until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla or almond extract and beat on medium until fully incorporated, about 1 minute. With the mixer on low, add the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Roll the dough into walnut-size balls, roll in sugar, and arrange on baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between cookies. Bake, switching the cookies between the upper and lower racks about halfway through baking, until just starting to brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven and press a chocolate kiss into the center of each. Cool the cookies on baking sheets for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Continue baking cookies on cooled baking sheets. DO AHEAD: The cookies can be baked ahead and stored, in an airtight container at room temperature, up to 3 days.
35 min
