Peanut Butter and Chocolate Kisses

A Christmas Holiday Tradition

Ingredients:
½ cup butter or margarine
½ cup peanut butter (130 grams)
¾ cup packed brown sugar (182 grams)
¼ cup granulated sugar (56 grams)
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
¼ tsp. salt
1 ¾ cups of flour (210 grams)
1 tsp. baking soda
3 tbs. granulated sugar
48 Hershey Kisses (unwrapped)

Directions:
Preheat Oven to 375. In a medium bowl, beat together the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, sugar, egg, egg white, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in the dry ingredients in two to three additions. Using a rounded teaspoon for each, roll the balls of dough in the granulated sugar and place 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 9 minutes. 

Each cookie ball should weigh around 15 grams before baking. 

Yield about 48 cookies.

Denver Adjustments:

Ingredients:
½ cup butter or margarine
½ cup peanut butter (130 grams)
¾ cup packed brown sugar (174 grams)
¼ cup granulated sugar (51 grams)
1 egg + 1 Tablespoon Egg White
1 tsp. vanilla
¼ tsp. salt

1 ¾ cups of flour (229 grams)
1/2 tsp. baking soda

3 tbs. granulated sugar
48 Hershey Kisses (unwrapped)

Directions:
Preheat Oven to 375. In a medium bowl, beat together the butter, peanut butter, brown sugar, sugar, egg, egg white, vanilla and salt until light and fluffy. Beat in the dry ingredients in two to three additions. Using a rounded teaspoon for each, roll the balls of dough in the granulated sugar and place 2 inches apart on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 9 minutes. 

Each cookie ball should weigh around 15 grams before baking. 

Yield about 48 cookies.