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Christmas Tree Peanut Butter Blossoms Chocolate Candies
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cooking Time: 7 minutes
- Serves: 4 dozen cookies
Christmas Tree Peanut Butter Blossoms Chocolate Candies
- Recipe Submitted by Marsala on 11/02/2014
Category: Chocolate, Candy, Cookies, Christmas
Ingredients List
- 48 Hersheys Kisses chocolate candies
- ½ cup shortening (I used Crisco)
- ¾ cup Peanut Butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ sugar, for rolling
- green frosting
- red, green, & white holiday sprinkles
- disposable piping bag fitted with a Wilton #4 piping tip
Directions
Cookies
1. Preheat oven to 375°F and line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Remove wrappers from chocolates.
2. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended.
3. Add 1/2 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy.
4. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well.
5. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
6. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar and place on prepared cookie sheet.
7. Bake 7-8 minutes or until lightly browned.
8. Immediately press a chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
Assembly
NOTE:
Cookies must be completely cooled & chocolate hardened before decorating.
*Fill the prepared piping bag with green frosting.
*Starting at the base of the Hershey Kiss, pipe a line of frosting that swirls up & around to the top of the kiss.
*Immediately sprinkle with holiday sprinkles.
1. Preheat oven to 375°F and line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Remove wrappers from chocolates.
2. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended.
3. Add 1/2 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy.
4. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well.
5. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
6. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar and place on prepared cookie sheet.
7. Bake 7-8 minutes or until lightly browned.
8. Immediately press a chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
Assembly
NOTE:
Cookies must be completely cooled & chocolate hardened before decorating.
*Fill the prepared piping bag with green frosting.
*Starting at the base of the Hershey Kiss, pipe a line of frosting that swirls up & around to the top of the kiss.
*Immediately sprinkle with holiday sprinkles.
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