Cherry Kiss Cookies

Name: Cherry Kiss Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.
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

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch YIELD: 4-1/2 dozen.

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

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter, confectioners' sugar and salt until blended. Beat in cherry juice, extract and, if desired, food coloring. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in cherries.
2. Shape dough into 1-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
3. Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are light brown. Immediately press a chocolate kiss into center of each cookie (cookie will crack around edges). Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 85 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 51mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

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