This is my third week of posting Christmas cookie recipes. This week’s recipe is another favorite of the Imaginative One. My mother-in-law adores these. What’s not to love about them? Peanut butter and chocolate is delicious together.

Peanut Butter Blossoms

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Steps:

1.  Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from the chocolates.
2. Beat shortening and peanut butter in a large bowl until well blended.
3. Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy.
4. Add egg, milk, and vanilla; beat well.
5. Stir flour, baking soda, and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter.
6. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar; place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
7.  Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
8. Immediately press a chocolate into the center of each cookie; the cookie will crack around the edges.
9. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
10. Cool completely.

Other Christmas cookie recipes:  Mock Thin Mints and Snickerdoodles

This post has been linked to Delicious Dishes. and Eat at Home.

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