Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies – Great For High Altitude

Take a bite out of a soft, chewy peanut butter cookie, perfectly complemented by the subtle crunch of a Hershey kiss nestled on top. Peanut butter blossom cookies have the perfect balance of creamy peanut butter and milk chocolate kisses.

This classic recipe is a favorite Christmas cookie and perfect for any cookie exchange.

Check out these other high altitude cookie recipes….cut out sugar Christmas cookies, soft and chewy high altitude oatmeal cookies, delicious fudgy chocolate cookies with 3 ingredients, and my absolute favorite chocolate chip cookies with brown butter.

This High Altitude PEanut Butter Blossom recipe is baked at 8,000 ft elevation. To adjust the recipe for other elevations check out High Altitude Baking Adjustments

What Makes These the Best Peanut Butter Blossoms?

• Simple ingredients and straight forward directions
• Makes SUPER soft peanut butter cookies
• Combines peanut butter and chocolate – can it get any better than that?!?
• Quick recipe – no need to rest or chill the dough

Recommended tools:

• Medium bowl or Stand mixer
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Cookie scoop
• Small bowl
• Large baking sheet
• Parchment paper or Silicone baking mat – OPTIONAL

Peanut Blossom Ingredients:

Check out these simple ingredients that pack the flavor in this peanut butter blossom recipe:

• Flour – I use all purpose flour as the base for the peanut butter cookie dough. Not very much flour is needed for this recipe since the peanut butter acts as a binder.
• Baking soda – helps the cookies to rise
• Salt – a little bit goes a long way to help enhance the flavors
• Butter – use room temperature or softened unsalted butter
• Sugar – add the perfect kiss of sweetness and a little extra is used to roll the cookie dough balls in
• Egg – one whole egg binds everything together
• Vanilla extract – helps to enhance the flavor (a little secret of mine…I never measure vanilla when I’m baking)
• Peanut butter – use creamy peanut butter to bring all the peanut flavor and help provide structure to the dough.
• Chocolate Kiss Candy – Hershey’s kisses create the blossom part of the cookie. Use milk or dark chocolate kisses. Or instead of a Hersey’s kiss try a Reese’s peanut butter cup for extra peanut butter.

TIP: natural peanut butter can be used but it must be stirred very well before measuring and adding it to the other ingredients. I would not suggest using crunchy peanut butter.

See the recipe card at the bottom of the post for the full ingredients list and instructions.

How to make:

Follow these simple instructions to make homemade peanut butter blossoms:

1. Mix butter and peanut butter

• Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the softened butter and creamy peanut butter together.

2. Add sugar

• Add the sugar to the peanut butter mixture until it is fluffy (this will only take about 30 seconds on medium speed).

3. Add rest of ingredients

• Add the egg and vanilla to the peanut butter mixture and mix. Then add the rest of the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, and salt). Mix on low speed until all the ingredients are combined.

4. Form the cookies

• Use a cookie scoop or clean hands to shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll each cookie dough ball in white sugar. Place the cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet.

5. Bake

• Bake the cookies for 10-11 minutes on the middle oven rack. The cookies will start to puff up when they are done.

TIP: the top of the cookies should not get brown or get golden brown

6. Add the blossom

• As soon as the cookies are done baking gently press a chocolate candy kiss into the center of each cookie.
• Allow the cookies to cool completely before removing them from the cookie sheet.

TIP: Allow the cookies to cool COMPLETELY. Warm cookies will fall apart.

Ingredient substitutions & variations:

Nut-free cookies – replace the peanut butter with sunflower seed butter or Biscoff spread

Christmas sprinkles – spread the cheer with this classic Christmas cookie recipe by rolling the cookie dough in colorful sanding sugars / sprinkles for a festive touch

Peanut butter cups – use peanut butter cups instead of Hershey’s kisses for extra peanut butter flavor

Mini muffin pan & Reese’s – bake the cookies for a delicious cookie that is surround the melted Reese’s peanut butter cup. Directions: Make the cookie dough as the recipe instructs. Place the dough ball covered in sugar in the muffin tin. Gently press a Reese’s into the dough ball. Bake for the same amount of time and allow the cookie to cool completely before removing it from the muffin tin.

FAQs:

How to store peanut butter blossom cookies?

Allow the cookies to cool completely and the chocolate kisses to harden. Place the cookies in a single layer in an airtight container. Store at room temperature for up to 5 days.

How to freeze peanut butter blossom cookies?

Allow the cookies to cool completely and the chocolate kisses to harden. Place the cookies in a single layer in an airtight container. Freeze for up to 3 months.

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Other High Altitude Recipes:

High Altitude Breakfast Recipes

• Blueberry Coffee Cake with Streusel Topping
• Blueberry Muffins
• Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
• Cinnamon Rolls
• Waffles with Dairy Free Option
• Easy Crepes with Dairy Free Option
• Fluffy Pancakes
• Dutch Baby Pancake

High Altitude Bread Recipes

• Cornbread
• No-Knead Artisan Bread
• Fail-Proof Flaky Biscuits
• Soft & Fluffy Dinner Rolls
• Pumpkin Bread with Streusel Topping
• Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Chips
• Banana Bread

High Altitude Dessert Recipes

• Blueberry Pie with Frozen Berries
• Pumpkin Pie
• Apple Pie with Crumb Topping
• Fresh Peach Pie
• Apple Pie with Cream
• Fresh Strawberry Pie – No Bake
• Pecan Pie
• Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Texas Sheet Cake with Frosting
• Chocolate Fudge Cake
• Oreo Cheesecake with Chocolate Ganache

If you make this delicious High Altitude Peanut Butter Blossom cookie recipe leave a comment below and let me know how it turned out. If you have any questions, post them below and I would love to help you out.