Peanut Butter-Hershey Kiss Cookies

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An age old favorite.  To watch the video of the making of the largest Hershey Kiss.  Click here.

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup lightly salted butter, at room temperature
½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup brown sugar, packed to measure
1 cup granulated sugar, divided, ½ cup & ½ cup
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
About 45 Hershey chocolate kiss candies, foil removed
(more for snaking as you make the cookies)

1. Sift flour with baking soda and salt. 
2. In a medium-sized bowl beat butter with peanut butter, brown sugar and ½ cup of the granulated sugar.
3. When creamy, beat in egg and vanilla.
4. Add flour mixture half at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
6. Put the remaining ½ cup granulated sugar on a piece of wax paper.
7. Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
8. Roll balls in granulated sugar and place 1 inch apart on un-greased baking sheets.
9. Bake 10 minutes.
10. Remove from oven and press a chocolate kiss lightly into the top of each cookie.
11. Return to oven and bake 2 to 4 minutes longer, until the cookies are lightly browned.
12. Remove cookies from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.