1 cup peanut butter → for paleo, substitute sunbutter or almond butter
1 large egg
½ cup maple sugar (substitute: coconut sugar)
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp sea salt + coarse sea salt, for topping
2 dozen dark chocolate hershey’s kisses (homemade, for strict paleo or substitute dark chocolate chips)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet.
With a stand mixer or hand beater, beat together the peanut butter, egg, sugar, baking soda, and salt until smooth. The dough will be crumbly. Use your hands to make a large ball with the dough so it all comes together.
Use a tablespoon or cookie scoop to drop balls of dough onto the prepared baking sheets.
Bake the cookies for about 10-12 minutes, until they’re golden brown around the edges but not cooked all the way through.
Remove them from the oven and immediately place a hershey’s kiss or chocolate chips in the middle of each cookie, pressing the cookie about halfway down. Don’t squish it!
Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Top the batch off with a pinch of coarse sea salt.
Notes
These cookies are also amazing if you leave out the chocolate. But who wants do to that?!
Recipe by Dana Monsees Nutrition at https://www.realfoodwithdana.com/perfect-peanut-butter-blossoms/