Peanut Butter Kisses/Stars

Name: Peanut Butter Kisses/Stars
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 41 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 c butter flavored shortening; 1 c creamy peanut butter; 1 c firmly packed brown sugar; 1 c white sugar; 2 eggs; 1/4 c milk; 2 tsp vanilla; 3 1/4 c flour; 2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt; Granulated sugar; 22 oz bag Hershey’s Kisses or chocolate stars

4 steps

Prep:30minCook:11min

12/23: Made a full batch. You will run out of Kisses….so just be done :-) Or buy more! 12/2022: Made 1/2 batch with Kisses. Used larger end of black handled fruit scooper. Keeping them small allows for a perfect “bite”. Took some to St. Thomas 12/2021: made with Hershey’s Kisses 12/2020: made with chocolate stars from Fleet Farm My childhood favorite.

Updated at: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:33:53 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories104.5 kcal (5%)

Total Fat5.7 g (8%)

Carbs12.2 g (5%)

Sugars8.3 g (9%)

Protein1.7 g (3%)

Sodium59.1 mg (3%)

Fiber0.5 g (2%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

96 servings

1 cbutter flavored shortening

1 ccreamy peanut butter

1 cbrown sugar

firmly packed

1 cwhite sugar

2eggs

¼ cmilk

2 tspvanilla

3 ¼ cflour

2 tspbaking soda

1 tspsalt

granulated sugar

22 ozKisses

or chocolate stars

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven at 375* Combine first 4 “one cup” ingredients in a large bowl. Beat at medium speed until well-blended. Beat in eggs, milk and vanilla.

OvenPreheat

Step 2

In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix into creamed mixture at low speed until just blended. Dough will be stiff.

Step 3

Form dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Press star in center of each cookie. Return to oven to bake for 3 more minutes. Cool 2 minutes then remove to cooling rack.

Step 4

Makes 6-7 dozen