Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

Total Time

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Makes

about 2-1/2 dozen

Updated: Jul. 18, 2023
Everyone who tries these beloved gems is amazed that they use only five ingredients. Baking cookies doesn't get much easier than this. —Dee Davis, Sun City, Arizona

Ingredients

  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 30 milk chocolate kisses

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Cream peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
  2. Roll into 1-1/4-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake until tops are slightly cracked, 10-12 minutes. Immediately press 1 chocolate kiss into center of each cookie. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.
Test Kitchen Tips
  • This recipe does not contain flour. Reduced-fat or generic brands of peanut butter are not recommended for this recipe.
  • Cutting butter into dry ingredients results in tiny bits of flour-coated butter throughout the dough, creating a cookie crust that is both tender and crumbly at the same time. If you don’t have a pastry blender, use two knives to cut in the cold butter.
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  • Nutrition Facts

    1 cookie: 102 calories, 6g fat (2g saturated fat), 7mg cholesterol, 43mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (10g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.