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Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Peanut butter blossom cookies are probably one of my favourite cookies of all time. This recipe for peanut butter blossoms makes a soft cookie with just the right amount of chocolate from the Hershey’s Kisses. These easy to make cookies are perfect for Christmas or any other holiday. Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies Makes 42 Cookies Adapted from allrecipes.com Ingredients 1 cup shortening 1 cup smooth peanut butter 1 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup white sugar 2 large eggs 1/4 cup milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract  3 1/2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 42 Hershey Kisses or Hugs, unwrapped White sugar for rolling Directions Preheat the oven to 375F and line some baking trays with parchment paper.  Beat shortening, peanut butter, and sugars  in a large bowl until well combined. Beat in vanilla and eggs until fluffy.  Stir in flour, baking soda, and salt until combined. Scoop out walnut size balls of dough and roll between your hands to shape a ball...
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Salted Caramel

This sauce is delicious. Mine wasn’t as thick as I would have liked, but the flavour was there. I put it in the fridge overnight thinking it would get thicker, and it did, until I poured it on my cake (which was completely cool), then it turned runny again. I used honey instead of corn syrup so I’m not sure if that was the problem.

 The original recipe says it makes 2 cups, but I measured more like 1 ½ cups. I would put this on pancakes or oatmeal instead of sugar or syrup - it was so good!

 I made it to use in the Salted Caramel Apple Pound Cake I brought for a potluck at work.

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Salted Caramel
Makes 24 Servings (1 tablespoon each)

 Ingredients 
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup (I used honey)
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
Directions
  1. In a deep pot, place the sugar, water and corn syrup over medium heat. Let this come to a boil. You can swirl the pot, but don’t mix it.
  2. Brush down the sides of the pan with water if the sugar starts to stick. Keep swirling every now and then as it bubbles and starts to turn brown.
  3. After about 6 minutes (I feel it was more like 10 but I wasn’t watching the clock), it should be brown and smell like it’s starting to burn.
  4. Remove the pot from the heat and whisk in your cream, butter and salt. I did this in the sink because the original recipe warned that it would bubble up.
  5. Once the butter is melted and everything is combined well, set it aside to cool completely. You can refrigerate this for up to a month apparently - if it lasts that long!
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  1. Laura DembowskiSeptember 21, 2012 at 1:00 PM

    Your caramel looks pretty! I typically use corn syrup and it turns out quite thick. You could also try Lyle's Golden Syrup, which I have used with great success. In addition, you could reduce the amount of heavy cream by a little. But as long as it tastes good, who cares how thick it is :)

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  2. Chocolate Chilli MangoSeptember 23, 2012 at 1:36 AM

    You actually do not need the honey or corn syrup. Leave it out. There should not be any in a true salted caramel. I promise it will be thick and lovely and taste even better without it.

    Great recipe!

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