Peanut Blossoms

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup shortening

1 cup peanut butter

1 cup packed brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

2 eggs

1/4 cup milk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup white sugar for decoration

2 (9 ounce) bags milk chocolate candy

kisses, unwrapped

DIRECTIONS:

1.	Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
2.	In a large bowl, cream together the shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, and 1 cup white sugar until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time, and stir in the milk and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the peanut butter mixture until well blended. Shape tablespoonfuls of dough into balls, and roll in remaining white sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets.
3.	Bake for 10 to12 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from oven, and immediately press a chocolate kiss into each cookie. Allow to cool completely; the kiss will harden as it cools. I make these every year at Christmas time and was dismayed to find I did not have it on my blog yet! These are a bit time consuming (it’s the unwrapping of the chocolate kisses and rolling in sugar that does it), but they are well worth the extra effort. Kisses to you all!