Mt. Pleasant Classical Academy

I love making cookies and would have tins and tins of them in my home at all times. They are one sweet item that doesn’t tempt me too often however an adult cookie monster lives in my home and in the freezer too. Cookies are just not safe anywhere in our home. He has asked me not to have cookies or other sweets in the house and since I love this cookie monster I have semi-followed his request. But IMHO, kids should have the joy of being able to eat cookies straight out of the oven. Homemade, from scratch cookies no less.

Over the years I searched, and tried many different recipes that would not tempt my cookie monster in the cookie form or the raw form. So many fell by the wayside. All cooked cookies fell by the wayside, including my favorite, chocolate chip cookies. That one everyone loves in the cooked or raw form, and frozen is THE best way. But Peanut Butter Blossoms fit the bill, in the raw form. For some reason they don’t tempt my cookie monster unless he is present when they come out of the oven. Frozen in the raw form they cook wonderfully, and said cookie monster does not consume them in the raw form.

It is quite a normal routine during our school day for one boy or the other to head to the kitchen, preheat the oven, pull a dozen cookie balls from the freezer, place them onto a cookie sheet, and pop them into the pre-heated oven. Soon they are fighting over which cookies are theirs; ahhhh, only in a home school!

Here’s my recipe:

Peanut Butter Blossoms

1/2 c shortening
1/4 c peanut butter
1/2 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1-3/4 c sifted all-purpose flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

Cream shortening, peanut butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add egg and vanilla, beat well. Sift flour-soda-salt. Blend into creamed mixture.

Shape scant teaspoonful of dough into balls, roll in sugar, place onto greased cookie sheet, bake 350 degree F, for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, top each with one Hershey Kiss, pressing down until cookie cracks around edge, bake 3 more minutes.

OR

after forming the balls, roll in sugar, place onto a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. The cookie balls can be touching. Place sheet into the freezer for a day. Remove from the freezer, and place frozen cookie balls into a freezer bag. Then when you want a cookie or two or a dozen, take them from the freezer, place onto greased cookie sheet, bake 350 degree F, for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, top each with one Hershey Kiss, pressing down until cookie cracks around edge, bake 3 more minutes.