5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
Soft, chewy peanut butter cookies topped with a Hershey’s Kiss. This cookie is a staple in some households when it comes to holiday baking. Skip the bagged mix and start from scratch with 5 simple ingredients – I promise its just as easy!
The Peanut Butter Kiss cookie or better known as the Peanut Butter Blossom as I recently learned was apparently an accident. Freda Smith intended to make peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips for the 1957 Pillsbury Bake-Off, however, she found herself without chocolate chips and decided to use Hershey kisses instead.
Anyway, enough with the history lesson…
I love making these cookies and over the years have tried a few different variations, with a pre-packaged mix if I am in a hurry, gluten-free boxed mix, and most recently from scratch with no flour.
The recipe featured here is the clear winner for me, the ease, texture, and taste beat everything I have tried in the past. They’re gluten-free friendly and great for anyone looking to watch their carb intake.
What you’ll need:
- Peanut Butter
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Salt
- Vanilla
- Hershey’s Kisses
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- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Serves: 36 cookies
This recipe is easy, takes minimal ingridents and the taste beats everything I have tried in the past. They’re gluten-free friendly since they have no flour and are great for anyone looking to watch their carb intake.
Ingredients
- 2 cups peanut butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 36 hershey kisses
Instructions
- 1)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (F) and line the baking sheets with parchment paper
- 2)
In a bowl mix the peanut butter and sugar until it is smooth
- 3)
Add in the eggs, then the baking soda, salt, and vanilla
- 4)
Roll the dough into small balls, place them on the parchment paper and then press down on them with a fork to make a # (hashtag)
- 5)
Bake for 8-10 minutes, remove from oven and place a single Hershey kiss on each cookie before they cool