peanut butter blossom cookies

How To Make peanut butter blossom cookies

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Step 2
  In a stand mixer, cream together the peanut butter, butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Beat together until creamy.
• Step 3
  Add the egg and vanilla extract; continue to mix until well combined.
• Step 4
  In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Step 5
  Slowly add the flour mixture to the creamed peanut butter mixture; mix until well combined.
• Step 6
  Using a teaspoon size cookie dough scoop, scoop up the cookie batter, and make 1-inch balls; then place them on baking sheet that's been lined with parchment paper.
• Step 7
  Bake in oven for 8 to 9 minutes. (Don't over-bake the cookies.) Make sure the bottom of the cookie is lightly browned.
• Step 8
  Let cookies sit for one minute on cookie sheet. Then lightly press a chocolate star in the center of each cookie.
• Step 9
  Transfer cookies to a wire rack to allow the cookies to cool. Once all the cookies have cooled, I then place them back on a cookie sheet (without the parchment paper), and place the cookie sheet in my freezer, so the chocolate star firms up. Later I store the cookies in a Tupperware Container in the freezer. These cookies keep well for some time in the freezer.
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