Peanut Butter Blossoms
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes per tray (2.5 trays)
Makes: 18 cookies
- 18 Hershey's kisses, unwrapped
- 120g/4ozs peanut butter (not the natural kind that separates)
- 65g/2.3ozs butter, softened
- 55g/2.2ozs caster or superfine sugar
- 55g/2ozs light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 30g/1oz beaten egg (around 1/2 an egg)
- 130g/4.5ozs cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
- 2 tablespoons caster or superfine sugar for dredging
Step 1 - First place the unwrapped Hershey's kisses in the freezer. Preheat oven to 170C/340F fan forced. Line two baking trays with parchment. Place the peanut butter, butter, caster sugar, brown sugar, salt, egg and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat for 3 minutes on medium speed. Scrape down the sides halfway if necessary.
Step 2 - In a jug whisk the flour and bicarb together, then add it into the wet mixture on low speed beating until just combined. Shape into 27g/1oz balls. Place the extra sugar in a shallow bowl and roll the dough balls in the sugar and place on the baking tray. Bake for 10 minutes in the centre of the oven.
Step 3 - When the cookies are baked immediately press the Hershey's kisses into the centre of the cookie. The cookie will expand and crack a little to accommodate the chocolate. Cool on the tray for 10 minutes.
Thermomix Peanut Butter Blossoms
Step 1 - First place the unwrapped Hershey's kisses in the freezer. Preheat oven to 170C/340F fan forced. Line two baking trays with parchment. Place the peanut butter, butter, caster sugar, brown sugar, salt, egg and vanilla in the TM and set to 2 minutes speed #4. Scrape down the sides halfway.
Step 2 - In a jug whisk the flour and bicarb together, then add it into the wet mixture and set to 15 seconds, speed #4. Shape into 27g/1oz balls. Place the extra sugar in a shallow bowl and place on the baking tray. Bake for 10 minutes in the centre of the oven.
Step 3 - When the cookies are baked immediately press the Hershey's kisses into the centre of the cookie. The cookie will expand and crack a little to accommodate the chocolate. Cool on the tray for 10 minutes.