I’ve been making these cookies for as long as I can remember. Sometimes, I’d even make them when it wasn’t Christmas, but that somehow just felt wrong. So, that didn’t happen that often.
But this year, I was inspired to do something a little bit different with these cookies. Spice things up a bit and get creative! I turned the traditional cookies into super fun, super cute Christmas Tree Peanut Butter Blossoms! It was super easy too! All I needed was green frosting and holiday sprinkles! They took just a few minutes to decorate but they create an immense impression!
These Christmas Tree Peanut Butter Blossoms would be perfect for a holiday party, cookie swap or on your cookie platter for Christmas!
Festive. Fun. Delicious!
Enjoy!
Christmas Tree Peanut Butter Blossoms
Prep time
Cook time
Serves: 4 dozen 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 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
Instructions
Cookies
- Preheat oven to 375°F and line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Remove wrappers from chocolates.
- Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended.
- Add ⅓ cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy.
- Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well.
- Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls. 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.
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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