Peanut Butter Hug Cookies
yummy variation on a peanut butter blossom.
Servings: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Peanut Butter
- 1 /2 cup Butter - softened
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1-1/2 cups Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 2 1/2 cups Flour
- 24 Hershey's Hugs
- 24 Milk Chocolate Chips Optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 F.
- Cream together the peanut butter, butter, vanilla and sugar.
- Add eggs and stir.
- In another bowl, mix together salt, baking soda and flour.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter and egg mixture and stir until a dough forms.
- Roll into about 1-1/2 inch balls and press down slightly so they form a disc. Make a small indent in the middle of the cookie with your finger.
- Bake on a lightly greased or parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 minutes.
- Optional - Add 1 chocolate chip underneath the Hershey Hug to the indented area of the cookie. Bake for an additional 2 minutes.
- Remove from oven and enjoy. If you are packaging these up allow to cool completely so the Hug doesn't smear.