Hidden Chocolate Kiss Cookies
This cookie recipe has been in our family for years. I remember my Mom making them and placing them in a Christmas tin to keep fresh. My Dad and I would sneak a cookie when Mom was not looking. Who wouldn’t love a cookie with a Hershey’s Kiss hidden in the middle?
These cookies are super easy to make. Start with some chopped pecans.
Next make the dough. I got out the Kitchen Aid with the paddle attachment to start the cookie dough. Be sure to use softened, not melted, butter.
Add the flour.
After blending the butter, sugar and vanilla well, add the flour, slowly. Once blended fully, add the pecans. You can hand stir in the pecans or, just toss them into the stand mixer and blend for a few seconds to incorporate.
The next important step is to let the dough chill for an hour. On this day, I was busy the rest of the day, so I actually chilled the dough overnight.
When ready to make the cookies let the dough warm just enough to form balls in your hand. First, flatten out a little more that a tablespoon of dough in the hand. Then add a chocolate kiss candy. Form the dough around the candy. Roll into a nice ball.
Set the cookies on a cookie sheet, ungreased
Bake for about 12-14 minutes at 375, until the cookies are browned. The kiss inside the cookie will not melt!
Cool for a few minutes and then place on a baking rack over parchment paper. When they are completely cool, dust with powdered sugar.
They taste as good as they look!
If not eating right away (how can you resist?) place in an airtight container. These cookies will keep for up to a week, if they last that long.
Watch out for cookie sneaking family members! :)
Hidden Kiss Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 ¾ cup flour
- 1/3 cup pecans, finely chopped
- 9 oz pkg of Kisses
- Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Using a stand mixer or hand held mixer cream butter and sugar with vanilla.
- Add flour gradually until well blended.
- Add chopped pecans.
- Chill the dough for about an hour. Once the dough is removed from the refrigerator, preheat the oven to 375.
- Mold about 1 tbsp of dough around each Kiss, covering candy completely.
- Bake at 375˚ F until just golden around edges – about 12 minutes.
- Let cool slightly before removing from cookie sheet.
- When cool, dust with powdered sugar.
- Makes about 30 cookies. Enjoy!
