Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 ¾

  cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 4 ounces (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
• ½ cup smooth peanut butter (or other creamy nut butter)
• ½ cup granulated sugar, plus more for rolling
• ½ cup light brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon milk, half-and-half, oat milk or nut milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 dozen (one 11-ounce package) Hershey’s Kisses, foil remove

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1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
   
2. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt
3. Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, peanut butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and light brown sugar.
4. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat until well blended.
5. Gradually add flour mixture, mixing thoroughly. If the dough is very soft, refrigerate for about 1 hour.
6. Roll dough into 1-inch balls. (For a precise number of cookies, divide the dough into 5 pieces, and shape each piece into 12 balls.)
7. Roll cookies in sugar and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
8. Bake until very light brown and puffed, 6 to 8 minutes.
9. Remove sheet from oven and lightly press a candy kiss into center of each cookie, allowing it to crack slightly.
10. Return to oven until light golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.

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