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Peanut Butter Blossom Bars Recipe
If you love the classic cookie, you’ll also love these Peanut Butter Blossom Bars! Chewy peanut butter cookie bars are topped with chocolate Hershey’s Kisses.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
16 mins
Servings:
24
bars
Calories:
178 kcal
Course:
Baked Goods
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- ½ cup shortening butter flavored
- ¾ cup peanut butter creamy
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg large
- 2 Tablespoons milk whole
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract pure
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 24 hershey kisses unwrapped
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 13x9-inch baking dish with parchment paper and set it aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat together the shortening and peanut butter. Add in brown sugar and the ½ cup of granulated sugar. Beat until well blended.
- Add in egg, milk, and vanilla extract. Slowly add in flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix just until combined.
- Press cookie dough into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with 2 Tablespoons of granulated sugar, if desired.
- Bake cookies for 16-18 minutes, just until they begin to brown. Remove from the oven and immediately press the unwrapped Hershey Kisses into the bars. Allow to cool, then enjoy.
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Notes
- You can definitely swap the shortening for butter, but the texture of the cookie bar will be different. My family prefers the crunchy outside and chewy inside that you get with shortening.
- Store cooled cookie bars in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week.
- Freeze cookie bars in a freezer safe airtight container for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature overnight.
- See blog post for more recipe tips and tricks and process pictures.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1bar
Calories
178kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
20g
(7%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
10g
(15%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
(12%)
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Trans Fat
1g
(50%)
Cholesterol
8mg
(3%)
Sodium
137mg
(6%)
Potassium
65mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
13g
(26%)
Vitamin A
12IU
(0%)
Calcium
21mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24 bars
Amount Per Serving
Calories 178
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1bar | |
| Calories | 178kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 8mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 137mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 65mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 13g | 26% |
| Vitamin A | 12IU | 0% |
| Calcium | 21mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.