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"These may not be the fanciest cookies on the plate, but for me it&amp;#039;s not Christmas until I&amp;#039;ve had my first peanut butter blossom. The kids love them, too; my son followed the habits of the squirrels out in the yard and hid cookies all over the house so whenever he wanted one he could find one. (Yuck! I think we tracked them all down, though.) There are several steps to making these, but there&amp;#039;s nothing finicky about them.   It&amp;#039;s a great cookie for little hands to help with, too.   First I made the dough: I creamed 3/4 cup peanut butter with 1/2 cup shortening. (I did use natural peanut butter because that&amp;#039;s what I had on hand, and it worked fine.)   Next I added 1/3 cup each brown and granulated sugar and beat well. Then I beat in 1 egg, 2 tablespoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. I mixed in a separate bowl 1 1/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Then I mixed the dry ingredients into the wet. I started forming cookies with a 2 tablespoon scoop, but that was far too large, so I switched to 1 scant tablespoon dough per cookie.  I rolled the dough in balls and coated the balls in granulated sugar. Then I baked at 375F for 8 minutes each batch.   When you take them out they look like this. You immediately press a Kiss on top of each one, then remove the cookies to a rack to cool.  Need some gift ideas? Check out these Homemade treats. Tell me. What cookies are essential to your holiday plate? \u2014 Kim Walker "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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