I made this mix for both my grandchildren, and my son serving a mission.  Since they are making them to give away - I thought I had better make some myself to make sure they were up to standard. 

I was really surprised at how good these turned out.  I’ve had Peanut Butter Blossoms before, and most of the time they are quite dry and tasteless.  These melt in your mouth, but (like any GOOD peanut butter cookie) you’ll still reach for a nice glass of cold milk to dip them in. 

I made mine quite large (which helps with the chewiness) - but you can make them any size, just adjust the baking time accordingly so they don’t turn out dry and hard.

When putting together the kits, I went to the dollar store and found a tiny jar of peanut butter to put in the bottom of the bag.  The bag of cookie mix was next, with a small bag holding the brown sugar called for.  I sprinkled in about 20 Hershey Kisses on top before I folded down the top of the bag.  The only ingredients they had to come up with were an egg and a teaspoon of vanilla.

Ingredients:

3 cups Basic Cookie Mix (recipe is HERE)

1/4 cup brown sugar, packed

1 egg

1/2 cup peanut butter, creamy OR chunky - your preference

Directions:

Measure 1/2 cup of the peanut butter and place into mixing bowl.

Add cookie mix, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla.

Mix well with hand mixer. 

Roll into balls (the cookies above were about the size of a golf ball - which yielded about 16 cookies from this mix)

Roll balls in granulated sugar (optional - but this makes a nice-looking cookie)

Place on baking sheet about 2” apart.

Bake at 375° for about 10-14 minutes - depending on size of cookies - until BARELY done.

*(Meanwhile, have someone unwrap the Hershey Kisses - watching that they don’t eat too many...)

Remove from oven and press one (unwrapped) Hershey Kiss into the center of each cookie while still warm.  You’ll see the cookie “crackle” as you do this.

Allow to cool on wire racks.  The Hershey Kiss will remain quite soft for a long time, but will eventually harden up.

I packaged my missionary son’s cookies in a ‘Cafe Rio’ type take-out container with a foil lid.  I stuffed it with waxed paper (to keep the cookies from shifting around) and sealed the lid tightly.  Hopefully they will arrive in one piece!