Description
Paw print peanut butter blossom cookies deliver nostalgic comfort with chocolate-kissed charm. Bakers can easily create these delightful treats that bring smiles and sweet memories to family gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (240 ml) creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup (115 g) butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (100 g) light brown sugar, packed
- 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons (10 g) baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) vanilla extract
- 48 melting chocolate disks
- 144 chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) with the rack centered, creating an ideal baking environment for golden, tender cookies.
- Creaming: Blend butter, peanut butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl until achieving a smooth, luxurious texture that forms the foundation of the cookie’s rich flavor profile.
- Binding: Integrate eggs and vanilla extract, whisking until the mixture becomes uniform and glossy, ensuring even distribution of moisture and flavor throughout the dough.
- Dry Ingredients: Combine flour, baking soda, and kosher salt in a separate bowl, creating a light, aerated dry mixture that will provide structure to the cookies.
- Dough Formation: Gently fold dry ingredients into the wet mixture, mixing just until incorporated to maintain a delicate, tender cookie consistency.
- Shaping: Craft uniform dough balls, rolling between palms and optionally coating in granulated sugar for a sparkling, crystalline exterior.
- Baking: Arrange cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing them generously to allow for graceful spreading, and bake for 8-10 minutes until edges turn a delicate golden brown and centers appear softly set.
- Decorating: Immediately after removing from the oven, press a chocolate disk into the cookie’s center and strategically place 3-4 chocolate chips around it to create a playful paw print design.
- Cooling: Transfer cookies to a wire rack, allowing them to cool completely and enabling the chocolate to set into a perfectly glossy finish.
Notes
- Butter Temperature Matters: Ensure butter is softened at room temperature for smooth, even mixing and optimal cookie texture.
- Gentle Mixing Technique: Avoid overmixing the dough to prevent tough, dense cookies; stir just until ingredients are combined.
- Sugar Coating Tip: Rolling dough balls in sugar creates a delightful crackly exterior and adds extra sweetness and sparkle.
- Chocolate Placement Precision: Press chocolate immediately after baking while cookies are warm to help chips melt slightly and adhere perfectly to create adorable paw print design.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 22
- Calories: 189
- Sugar: 17 g
- Sodium: 94 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 24 mg