Valentine Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms

Valentine Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms made with Reese’s Heart Peanut Butter Cups make for a fun and festive treat for Valentine’s Day! Super soft gluten free peanut butter cookies dipped in sugar then topped with these peanut butter cups are amazing. It’s a great little twist on a classic cookie!

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Raise your hand if you love peanut butter and chocolate together! I don’t think there’s ever been a better combination. Clearly, I love to bake but I don’t have much of a sweet tooth myself. Unless it involves chocolate and peanut butter. Especially if we’re talking about Reese’s here. Yum!

Forget the flowers and romantic card on Valentine’s Day. Bring me a bag of Reese’s!

Another great thing about this recipe is it’s dye free! My daughter is severely allergic to Red Dye, so you can imagine Valentine’s Day is a very tricky holiday for us. Everything seems to be pink or red and packed with dye. We’ve found it’s easy and safe (for us) to stick with chocolate treats for this holiday so she really loves these cookies.

There are lots of versions of gluten free peanut butter cookies but I LOVE this recipe so much. The cookie dough is pretty versatile and can stand alone in taste and texture. You cannot tell these are gluten free. One of the many perks of the peanut butter in this recipe. No gritty or dry flavor, it’s all smooth and creamy. When baked it stays soft for a few days and has the right amount of peanut butter.

Different Variations of Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

Unable to find the Reese’s Valentine hearts? Feel free to use this exact same recipe for every day Peanut Butter Cup Cookies by simply using regular peanut butter cups.

It’s really fun, though, to use the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Hearts that come out around Valentine’s Day to press into the top of each cookie.

Not a Reese’s fan? (Although, I don’t know how such a thing could exist) Use this recipe to make original gluten free peanut butter cookies. It’s so easy to do! Follow recipe as normal, but when placing cookies on baking sheet, use a fork to make a crisscross pattern and flatten out balls of dough. Bake for 7-9 minutes and enjoy delicious gluten free peanut butter cookies! Also, feel free to add in a cup of semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips, that’s delicious too!

Ingredients:

•  Gluten Free 1:1 Flour- I used Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 Gluten Free Flour

• Baking Powder

• Baking Soda

•  Egg

•  Vanilla

• Butter, softened

• Granulated Sugar

• Brown Sugar or honey (I used sugar)

•  Creamy Peanut Butter

• Granulated sugar (for rolling cookies in)

• Reese’s Peanut Butter Hearts

How To Make Valentine Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

• To a mixer, combine the butter and peanut butter. Mix on medium speed for 30 seconds.

• Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar (or honey). Beat until combined, scraping the bowl occasionally. This step will make or break your cookies. Beating these ingredients together along with the butter and peanut butter until they are light and fluffy helps get the texture right.

• Beat in the egg and vanilla.

• In a separate bowl whisk or sift together the gluten free flour, baking soda and baking powder.

• Gradually add the flour mixture to wet ingredients and mix until all are well combined.

• If desired, cover and chill for about an hour or until dough is easy to handle. (Feel free to skip this step if you’re in a hurry, but it does make the dough much easier to handle.)

• Once dough is chilled, use a spoon or cookie scoop to shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. I prefer to use a cookie scoop to divide up the dough. It’s my absolute favorite kitchen tool and if you don’t have one, you can find any size over at Amazon. Very handy to have around!

• Next, you’ll want to roll the balls of dough in granulated sugar to coat. Most recipes for Peanut Butter Blossoms don’t call for rolling the dough balls in sugar. I just feel like it makes these cookies a little more finished. Plus I like how it makes the outside a little crisp while leaving the inside super tender.

• Place them 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. I always use parchment paper when I bake so feel free to do so as well, just don’t grease your baking sheet.

• Since we are making ‘blossoms’ today, do not flatten out your cookies. Leave them in the shape of a ball on your cookie sheet. (If making traditional/plain gluten free peanut butter cookies use a fork to flatten the balls by making a crisscross pattern on top.)

• Bake in a preheated oven for 7-9 minutes until bottoms are lightly browned.

• Once cookies have come out of the oven, immediately insert a Reese’s Peanut Butter Heart into the center of the cookie (being careful not to go all the way through).

• Let cookies sit for ~5 minutes (If you can wait that long!) before transferring to a wire rack to cool.

And that’s how you make Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms Valentine Version. Absolutely delicious!

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