Day 5 Holiday Recipes: Peanut Butter blossoms with hershy Kisses

This is a recipe that everyone knows and loves. These are the Thumbprint Peanut Blossoms with Hershey Kisses. These are my brothers favorites. My mom makes them just for him every year and gives him the Lions share of them.

These are pretty simple, the unwrapping of the kisses is the hardest part of the whole process.
Actually the hardest part is keeping my kids form eating the unwrapped kisses before I even get started baking.



INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 TBSP milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

You will also need a small dish set aside with a few TBSP of granulated sugar in it AND a bag of Hershey Kisses, unwrapped and ready to go.

Beat together shortening and peanut butter until well mixed and smooth. Add the sugars, beat until likght and fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla, beating well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt, gradually add to the Peanut Butter mixture. When all the flour is incorporated, roll the dough into 1" balls, and roll in the white sugar you had set aside.

Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes.  you want the edges to be golden brown. Immediately upon removal from the oven, press an unwrapped Hersheys Kiss into the center of the cookie.  The edges will swell up around the kiss slightly and crack.

Cool Completely.

ENJOY!

day 4 Holiday recipes: PB and Butterscotch deluxe krispie treats

This is a recipe my grandmother made EVERY CHRISTMAS.  These were the treats that got devoured first. they are so delicious and addicting.. Not your traditional Krispie treats, as there is no butter or marshmellows. Trust me when I say there will be no leftovers and people will be licking the pan trying to get the last few crumbs.


CHOCOLATE/PEANUT BUTTER and BUTTERSCOTCH KRISPIE TREATS

1 cup corn Syrup
1 cup white sugar
1 cup creamy peanut Butter

6 cups rice Krispies


In a saucepan over medium high heat, combine the corn syrup, sugar and peanut butter. Stir until melted and smooth.  Heat until boiling, , let boil for 2 minutes only, stirring constantly,  then remove from heat and pour over  the rice krispie cereal. Mix well until all the cereal has been coated evenly.
Press into a greased 9x13 baking dish.

On top of this sprinkle chocolate chips and butterscotch chips, place in oven set at about 250 or so.
When these chips melt enough to spread, remove from oven and spread the chocolate/butterscotch over the top It will all swirl together, creating a most delicious topping.
Cool completely and then cut into squares.
prepare to not be able to resist these.

Give me Diabetes now

1 Cup Corn Syrup

1 Cup White Sugar

1 Cup Peanut Butter

6 Cups Rice Krispies

1 cup chocolate chips

1 cup butterscotch chips

In a saucepan over medium heat, combine corn syrup and sugar. Stir occasionally until it starts to come to a boil.

Take off heat to stir in Peanut Butter

Add peanut butter, stir well until completely incorporated. Put back on burner andbring back to a boil. Let boil for 30 seconds or so, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and pour over Rice Krispies- toss well to coat evenly.

Press into sprayed 9x13 pan.

Over the top sprinkle the chocolate chips and Butterscotch chips. Place in a warm over until chips have started to get soft and gooey. Take out of the oven and with a knife spread the melted chips over the top of the treats.

Cool Completely and cut into squares.

My grandmother used to make these around Christmas time. She would make a huge array of treats and snacks and goodies, then set them out in tins for us to snack on when we would visit her. I remember rummaging through the various tins, eating ONLY these treats.

I promise you they are simply irresistible, and you can polish off a pan in about a day. My kids LOVE these, even Peter who is usually NOT a sweet tooth.