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Peppermint Hershey Kiss Cookies

By Stephanie Gallagher, About.com

Hershey Kiss Cookies

Peppermint Kiss Cookies

Stephanie Gallagher

Peppermint Hershey Kiss Cookies

Dark chocolate Hershey kisses and peppermint sugar cookie dough make a showstopping combination in this kiss cookie recipe. A packaged sugar cookie mix makes it easy.

Ingredients:

  • 1 17.5 oz. package sugar cookie mix
  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1 large egg
  • 1-3 Tbsp. flour
  • 1 tsp. peppermint extract
  • 4-5 drops red food coloring
  • 18-20 dark chocolate Hershey kisses

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

  2. Dump cookie mix into a large mixing bowl. Add softened butter, egg and one tablespoon of flour.

  3. Using an electric mixer or your hands, mix until it forms a soft dough.

  4. Divide dough in half. Add peppermint extract to one half. Knead it into the dough until well-incorporated. Add a tablespoon of flour if dough is too sticky.

  5. Add red food coloring to the other half. Start with 4 drops of food coloring, and add more until you get a nice, deep pink color. Add a tablespoon or two of additional flour if the dough is too sticky.

  6. Pinch off a teaspoon of pink dough and a teaspoon of white dough. Stick together and form a ball.

    Important: Don't knead them together, or the dough will all turn pink. You want a nice candy cane stripe.


  7. Place balls 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10-15 minutes, until cookies are lightly browned on the bottom.

  8. Remove from oven and immediately press a Hershey kiss in the middle of each cookie.
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