Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies (Gluten Free)
This gluten free Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies recipe is easy to make. These cookies are chewy and perfect for the Christmas baking season!
Servings: 24
Calories: 149kcal
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter or 1 stick
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp. kosher salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 ¾ cup gluten free flour blend or AP flour if not gluten free
- ¼ cup sugar for rolling cookies
- 1 package Hershey's chocolate kisses
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Place ½ cup (1 stick) of softened (but not melted) unsalted butter into a bowl along with ½ cup granulated white sugar, and ½ cup brown sugar. Cream the butter and sugar together using a hand mixer or a fork.
- Add ⅓ cup creamy peanut butter to the wet mixture and mix until combined. Add 1 egg and 1 tsp. vanilla extract to the wet ingredients and mix until incorporated.
- In a separate bowl combine 1 ¾ cup gluten free flour blend (or AP flour if not GF), 1 tsp. baking soda, and ¼ tsp. kosher salt. Stir until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients ⅓ at a time. Add ⅓ of the dry to the wet, mix to incorporate, and repeat until the wet and dry are completely combined.
- Pour ¼ cup granulated white sugar onto a plate.
- Roll the cookie dough one spoonful at a time into balls. Roll the balls of cookie dough in the sugar until they are entirely coated. Place the cookie dough balls on a baking sheet. (Discard any of the remaining sugar when finished).
- Place the rolled cookie dough balls onto a baking sheet. Place the baking sheet into an oven heated to 375 degrees.
- Bake the cookies for 8 minutes. Remove the cookies from the oven after 8 minutes and place 1 Hershey's Chocolate Kiss in the middle of each cookie.
- Return the baking sheet to the oven and bake for an additional 2 minutes.
- Repeat with the remainder of the cookie dough, allowing the baking sheets to cool between each batch.
Notes
You can substitute any Hershey's Kiss candy flavor for the milk chocolate. You can also use Brach's Milk Chocolate Stars if you prefer.
The dough will be dense and sticky. As you're combining the wet and dry ingredients it may seem like it won't come together but continue to mix until a dense and sticky dough forms.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 149kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 29mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 118IU | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg