Peanut Blossoms

Peanut Blossoms

Makes about 48 small cookies

1 3/4 cup self raising flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup shortening or soft unsalted butter
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 egg
extra sugar
50 Kisses or chocolate squares

Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
Mix all dough ingredients except extra sugar until you have a smooth dough. A hand mixer works best for this.
Roll into walnut-sized balls (1 inch) and toss in extra sugar to coat.
Place onto ungreased baking sheets, about 5cm apart.
Bake about 10-12 mins until golden.
While cookies are baking unwrap your chocolate. Once the cookies come out, you need to work fast.
Immediately top each cookie with chocolate and press down slightly so cookie cracks around the edges.
Remove from sheets and cool on a wire rack.
The extra 2 pieces of chocolate? I can't believe you haven't eaten them already!