Cherry Kiss Cookies
Topped with a chocolate kiss, these cherry-flavored cookies look super cute on a dessert tray. Share them with family and friends. —Joy Yurk, Grafton, Wisconsin
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 6 drops red food coloring, optional
- 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries
- 54 milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped
Reviews
These were very pretty on the tray and my husband and I ate so many of them. :) They were delicious. Love the cherry chocolate combination.
I made mine just as the recipe said, did not need any changes, They are colorful and taste great.
I would add cherry extract next time as well, though I did add more cherry juice and more almond extract with a little more powdered sugar to compensate, it still wasn't quite flavorful enough. They are a great cookie, with great color appeal! - just a few tweaks and they'll be perfect! I will definitely be making them again.
Add 2 egg whites, another 1/4 cup flour, and 1 teaspoon baking soda. Otherwise they don't hold together and are not tender. Also, rolled in plain or red sugar looks nice.
At first I gave this recipe 2 stars because the chocolate overwhelmed the flavor of the cookie. I substituted the chocolate kisses for maraschino cherries or a piece of almond. Wonderful! Wonderful! I received many compliments on the results. I usually bake close to 15 kinds of cookies during the holidays and CHERRY KISS will become one of my favorites
This version of the recipe omits what I think is a critical ingredient: 2 tsp of cherry extract! I've made these cookies for the past couple years using a different recipe I found on-line. I couldn't figure out why this year's version tasted a bit bland, until I stumbled upon last year's left-over cherry extract in my spice cabinet. The maraschino cherry juice just doesn't pack the same punch. I've written the recipe down for future use so next year's batch will taste more like CHERRY and chocolate.
Don’t think these will ever replaace peanut butter blossoms in my heart, but they were a nice change of pace abd will look pretty on my Christmas cookie platter.
How fun! Just sweet enough. If you actually make them 1" in diameter, you will get at least 4 1/2 doz.
Cookies were ok. Don't think I'll be making them again. Also don't know how you can get 54 cookies out of the amount of batter this makes. I only got 39 & I used a small cookie scoop.
The cookies were very good, loved the sweetness of them some people must not have taste buds.