Peanut Butter Blossoms, also known as Peanut Butter “Kisses” are one of my absolute favorites and now…they’re vegan!
Our homemade kisses are a little bit of work, but SO worth it! Begin by melting chips over a double boiler.
We used a dairy free chip easily found in grocery or specialty stores. You can also buy them here.
You’ll find these plastic kiss chocolate molds in baking catalogs or online in candy making stores.
They may not be as precise at those commercially available kisses, but once they begin to melt, you’ll never know the difference!
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies {Vegan}
Ingredients
- 1/2 C Vegetable Shortening
- 1/2 C Natural Peanut Butter
- 1/2 C Brown Sugar Vegan
- 1/2 C Sugar Vegan
- 1/4 C Applesauce
- 2 Tbl Almond Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1-3/4 C All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- Sanding Sugar
- in Chocolate Candy Kisses vegan chocolate (we used dairy-free chocolate chips a plastic kiss mold made specifically for chocolate)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cream together shortening, peanut butter, brown sugar and sugar. Add the applesauce, almond milk and vanilla. Beat well.
- Stir together flour, baling soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture. Beat on low speed until a stiff mixture forms.
- Shape into 1" balls and roll in colored sanding sugar. Place about 2" apart on a silpat or ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
- Top each cookie immediately after baking with a chocolate kiss if desired and press down firmly so that the peanut butter cookie begins to crack around the edges.
- Remove from cookie sheets and allow to cool completely. The chocolate kiss will remain soft until completely cooled.
Priscilla says
Thanks for the vegan option for the recipe, I get a little upset at all the advertisements on your page.
aimee says
Hi Priscilla, I appreciate your disdain for ads…and I agree. However, the few cents per thousand us bloggers receive for those ads is generally how we pay to keep the site up and running, pay for mailing lists, web support, not to mention all of the costs related to food and props as we offer free content. Ideally the more views a blog gets, the less ads become necessary. As far as page load times go, we are moving to a new theme as well as a new hosting company this year, both of which should substantially decrease this issue. This Pinterest-style theme seemed like a good idea at the time, but it is very graphic intensive. Even with compressed images, we still have issues. All part of the learning curve I supposed. Stick with me. LOTS of changes coming this year…
Brittany says
Can i use a flax egg in replacement for the applesauce? And if so how much?
aimee says
Absolutely! It would be one egg-equivalent or, 1 tbl ground flax plus 3 tbl water. I just use applesauce here because it adds a bit of sweetness, but a flax egg would be perfectly fine as well. 🙂
Ashleen says
Just wondering, approx how many blossoms does this recipie make?
aimee says
Hi Ashleen. It makes about 48 (give or take) 1-1/4″ rolled balls. I find this to be the best size that when flattened, the kiss fits perfectly in the center 🙂