This recipe came to me through Treebeard's, a well known cajun restaurant in downtown Houston. It is consistently a favorite with family and friends and one of the first cookie recipes my kids learned to bake. When they are little, unwrapping the kisses is their favorite job, although you have to factor in temptation. And then they graduate to shaping the balls and rolling them in the sugar... We typically double or triple this recipe when we bake, but it does not multiply well past that.
Treebeards’ Peanut Butter Cookies
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 Egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3T granulated sugar (for rolling)
12 Hershey kisses, unwrapped
Heat oven to 375°F. Beat together butter, brown sugar, peanut butter and granulated sugar, egg, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy. Add flour and baking soda. Continue beating, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in 3 T granulated sugar. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until very lightly golden brown. Immediately press 1 chocolate kiss in center of each cookie, pressing down firmly. Remove from cookie sheets; cool completely on wire racks.
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