I love Christmas Cookies! I love all kinds…but the classics never go out of style! These Peanut Butter Kiss Christmas Cookies are a favorite around here … so we just make them a little more Christmas-y. You should add them to your holiday baking list! I mean Peanut Butter and Chocolate is a brilliant combination after all!!! ??
Peanut Butter Christmas Tree Kiss Cookies
Ingredients
- 48 Hershey’s Kisses chocolate candies
- ½ cup shortening I used Crisco
- ¾ cup Peanut Butter
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup or so of sugar for rolling (red and green decorating sugar if you have it)
- Green frosting homemade in a piping bag or store bought squeeze tube*
- Red and green sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F and line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Remove candy wrappers. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended. Add ⅓ cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; until well combined. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat until combined. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; mix this until just combined. Gradualy add to rest of ingredients making sure not to overmix. Shape dough into 1 ½-inch balls. I like to use a 2 teaspoon cookie scoop. Roll in sugar and place on prepared cookie sheet. Bake 7-8 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
- *The cookies need to be completely cooled and chocolate hardened before decorating. With icing in a piping bag or a squeeze tube start at base of kiss and swirl upward to point. Immediately sprinkle with Christmas sprinkles and let set until firm.
- *Putting cookies in fridge for 10 minutes helps the cookies to set quicker before decorating
- *If buying frosting at store look to see it is decorating icing, not gel
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