Monday, February 22, 2010

Chocolate Heart Peanut Butter Cookies

A Valentine variation on the original Peanut Butter Blossom cookies with a Hershey's kiss in the middle. Recipe from Betty Crocker.

1 pouch Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix
3 T. vegetable oil
1 T. water
1 egg
2 T. sugar
36 heart shaped milk chocolate candies

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. In medium bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg until dough forms.

2. Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls; roll in sugar. Place 2-inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately press chocolate candy into top of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes, before storing in tightly covered container.

Makes 3 dozen cookies.

My suggestions: Yum! I love these cookies, and I loved the heart shaped candy variation to use them for Valentines Day treats. I wanted my cookies to be larger, so I made 2 dozen cookies, instead of the 3 dozen in the recipe directions. If you plan on stacking the cookies on top of one another, you need to cool them on the cooling rack for a lot longer than 2o minutes. Mine cooled for 1-2 hours at least, allowing time for the chocolate to harden up again after being pressed into the hot cookie. I took these to a baby shower and they were an absolute hit!

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