Christmas Tree Peanut Butter Blossoms

By charlotteh371

Ingredients

• 48 Hershey's Kisses chocolate candies
• 1/2 cup shortening (I used Crisco)
• 3/4 cup Peanut Butter
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 egg
• 2 Tbsp milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 sugar, for rolling
• green frosting
• red, green, & white holiday sprinkles
• disposable piping bag fitted with a Wilton #4 piping tip

Preparation

Step 1

Cookies
Preheat oven to 375°F and line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Remove wrappers from chocolates.
Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended.
Add 1/3 cup granulated sugar and brown sugar; beat until fluffy.
Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well.
Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar and place on prepared cookie sheet.
Bake 7-8 minutes or until lightly browned.
Immediately press a chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
Assembly
NOTE: Cookies must be completely cooled & chocolate hardened before decorating.
Fill the prepared piping bag with green frosting.
Starting at the base of the Hershey Kiss, pipe a line of frosting that swirls up & around to the top of the kiss.
Immediately sprinkle with holiday sprinkles.