Yet Another Recipe

This time I have my all time favorite kind of dessert recipe. A COOKIE!! I was surfing the web when I came across Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies (vegan of course), I looked at the picture and realized that it was my favorite cookie as a kid. I think if you look at the photo everyone will recognize this cookie. I actually never knew it had a name. Like my grandma used to say, "Ya learn something new everyday."


So I had this baking bug, like not a literal bug- creature - thing, but something that made me want to bake all time, (hence all these posts), so when I found the recipe and saw that I had all the ingredients I couldn't wait to make them. There were a few things that I was a little scant on, like the peanut butter, but was then surprised at how peanut buttery they turned out. So don't worry to much if your a little low on stuff, just be like me and work with it.

When I made these cookie the dough felt really heavy, I had it out for a little bit and then when I went back to it, it was just beautiful. The only thing I like more than a cookie is a great batter.

Here's the recipe,
I found it on blogger! The blog is called Vegan Heartland...


Vegan Peanut Butter Blossoms


Ingredients:


1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 cup applesauce
1 T. Soy Milk (or other non-dairy milk)
1 t. vanilla
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 t. baking soda
1/4 t. salt
A small bowl of sugar to roll the dough in (I skipped this step and they were really good. I fell like if I had they would be too sweet... But that's just me.)

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

Cream together the shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar, sugar and applesauce. Add the non-dairy milk and vanilla and beat well.

Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add to the wet ingredients. Beat on low until well combined.
Shape the dough into 1-inch balls then roll in the small bowl of sugar, (or don't). Place two inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. I used parchment paper on my cookie sheets to ensure they didn't stick. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

It yields about 2 dozen cookies.

Next, I am not going to repeat the blogger's recipe because the way I did it was really easy and really good. To make the chocolate kisses I just melted a bunch of bakers semi sweet chocolate in a pot and then scooped it and swirled it onto the cookie. SO GOOD!!

Now let's talk about the cookie. It is peanut buttery and the consistency is light and chewy. They really don't taste vegan. Most of them are gone and I only baked them three hours ago. The chocolate really adds to the taste, but they would make really delicious peanut butter cookies, so it's your choice.

Bon Appetit!