Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Preheat oven to 350ºF.

In a large bowl, cream together shortening and peanut butter until well blended. Into that mixture, beat in 1/3 cup sugar and brown sugar. Mix thoroughly. Stir in egg, milk and vanilla. Set aside.

In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Into the peanut butter mixture, gradually add the flour mixture, stirring until just combined.

Form dough into 1-inch balls (a cookie scoop makes fast work of this). Add the remaining 1 cup sugar into a small bowl and coat each dough ball with sugar.

Place dough balls on an ungreased cookie sheet, 2 inches apart.

Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Upon removing from cookies the oven, press a Hershey’s Kiss into the center of each cookie. Let the cookies set for 2 minutes on the baking sheet, then remove to a cooling rack.

Recipe adapted from browneyedbaker.com.