| 1/2 | cup granulated sugar |
| 1 | cup packed brown sugar |
| 1 | cup creamy peanut butter |
| 1 | cup butter or margarine, softened |
| 2 | eggs |
| 3 | cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour |
| 1 1/2 | teaspoons baking soda |
| 1 | teaspoon baking powder |
| Additional granulated sugar (about 2 tablespoons) |
| About 7 dozen Hershey®’s Kisses® milk chocolates |
| 1. | Heat oven to 375°F. In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup granulated sugar, the brown sugar, peanut butter, butter and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in flour, baking soda and baking powder. |
| 2. | Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in additional granulated sugar. Place about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. |
| 3. | Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Immediately press 1 chocolate candy in center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. |
| Increase flour to 3 1/4 cups. |
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| Chocolate-Peanut Butter Blossoms: Increase chocolate candies to 8 1/2 dozen. Melt 1 1/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips; beat in with eggs. After shaping dough into balls, roll in chocolate decorating decors (you’ll need four 1.75-ounce bottles). Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are firm. Makes 8 1/2 dozen cookies.
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| To melt chocolate chips for the cookie variation, microwave in a microwavable bowl uncovered on High 1 to 1 1/2 minutes, stirring halfway through. If necessary, microwave an additional 10 to 20 seconds, stirring until smooth.
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| The chocolate decors for the cookie variation will stick when the consistency of the dough is moist; if dough appears dry, lightly roll balls between hands to press sprinkles in.
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| Cookie dough can be covered and refrigerated for up to 24 hours before baking. If it's too firm, let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
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| Cookie sheets should be at least 2 inches smaller than the inside of your oven to allow the heat to circulate around the cookie sheets.
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Nutrition Information:
100 ( 50); 5g ( 2 1/2g, 0g); 10mg; 65mg; 11g ( 0g, 7g); 2g 0%; 0%; 0%; 2% 1/2 ; 0 ; 0 ; 1 1
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