Holiday Baking Series 2012

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Many of you know me from my youtube channel Thenotsoordinarywife, hence the title of this blog :) Over on my youtube channel I decided to create a baking series for all the holiday cookies I will be baking. 7 days, 7 cookies, all gluten free and delicious!

For day 1 of baking I have created Hershey Kiss Blossoms. These have always been a favorite of mine for the Holiday time and it does not feel like Christmas without them.

I hope you all enjoy this recipe as much as I do.

You will need:

3/4 cup granulated sugar (plus a little extra to roll dough in)

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/4 cup shortening

1/4 cup butter

1 egg

1 1/2 cups gluten free Bisquick (use regular Bisquick if not gluten free)

...and of course you need Hershey Kisses

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

1. Mix sugars, peanut butter, shortening, butter, and the egg in a bowl until combined.

2. Gradually add in the Bisquick until combined

3. Refrigerate dough for 60 min (if in a hurry just pop in the fridge for 10-20 min, your dough will simply be a little softer when you roll into balls, but will turn out fine)

3. Roll your dough into balls (I like to use a mini ice cream scoop to do this step) and then roll into granulated sugar

4. Place your dough balls on an un-greased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10min or until brown

5. Once cookies are done, immediately remove and place on cooling rack

5. Press Hershey Kisses into the tops of cookies, while cookies are still hot.

ENJOY :)