Peanut Butter Blossoms Bars
Crisp on the outside and gooey in the center, this bar cookie is the perfect twist on a favorite Christmas classic!
Servings: 20 bars
Calories: 249kcal
Cost: $7
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Butter I use salted
- 1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1/2 cup Dark Brown Sugar firmly packed
- 3/4 cup Granulated White Sugar divided into 1/2 cup and 1/4 cup
- 1 Egg
- 2 tablespoon Milk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 20-80 Chocolate Stars or Hershey Kisses
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Into the bowl of a stand mixer, add butter, peanut butter, dark brown sugar, and 1/2 cup white sugar. Cream together until smooth. Add the egg, milk, and vanilla extract and mix to combine.
- Add the dry flour mixture to your stand mixer bowl. Beat on low speed until an evenly mixed dough forms.
- Scoop the dough out of the mixing bowl into a 9x13 baking pan. Spread the dough into an even layer and press the dough flat with your fingers.
- Add 1/4 cup sugar on top of the cookie bar dough and spread around with your fingers. Add more as needed so the whole top of the bars is coated in crunchy sugar.
- Bake the bars for 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown, the middle is set, and a fork comes out clean when poked. Remove from the oven and immediately arrange your chocolate kisses on top of the bars. Make sure you press them in firmly, or they may fall off easily when the bars cool. I like to cover the whole top with chocolate candies, about 80 for the whole pan (4 per bar). But you can adjust the amount you use to your tastes.
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Nutrition
Calories: 249kcal
