Peanut Blossoms

My mom would make these cookies every December along with her Christmas candy. Actually, knowing her, she was probably done with them in October. But in any event, she would put everything out in the freezer so it would be fresh for Christmas.

Enter Kristin. I would then sneak out to the freezer in the garage and sneak as many cookies and candy as possible before I estimated she would start to notice. And to this day, I prefer my Peanut Blossoms frozen.

Ingredients

1 3/4 c flour

1 t soda

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 c sugar

1/2 c firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 c shortening

1/2 c peanut butter

1 egg

2 T milk

1 t vanilla

24 Hershey's Chocolate Kisses, unwrapped

Instructions

Preheat oven at 375. Combine all ingredients except for candy. Mix at low speed until dough forms. Shape dough into 24 balls. Roll balls in sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10 minutes. Top each cookie immediately with candy kiss. Press down firmly so cookie cracks around edges.