Baking for Dollars

So one of my wacky ideas to sell the golf journals for Mother's Day was to bake some sort of cute golf cupcakes and include them with the each journal sold.

I get so inspired to bake when I read blogs like Bakerella.com. If you haven't visited Bakerella, you must do so. It's eye candy.

After seeing what Bakerella does, just think of the magic I could do with a women's golf theme. Little cookies shaped like golf clubs, cupcakes shaped like a pink golf balls, mini tees made of chocolate. The possibilities are endless.

But then I realized, as I most always do, that my idea was near impossible to do. One, I probably can't sell baked goods without some sort of license which I'm not willing to get. And secondly, I work full time. I have a toddler. When would I find time to bake 4700 packages of cookies? Yes, once again, reality slapped me in the face and I had to come back to earth.

This thought process did put me in a baking mood though, so I made these peanut butter blossom cookies. Typically they are a fall cookie for me, but I through the rules out the window and made them anyway. Here's the recipe below.

And sorry, these don't come with the golf journal.

Peanut Blossom Cookies

48 HERSHEY'S KISSES
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Granulated sugar for rolling cookie in

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from chocolates.

2. 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.

3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet.

4. Bake 8 to 10 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.

Enjoy!