Best Chocolate Kiss Thumbprint Recipes

CHOCOLATE THUMBPRINT KISS COOKIES RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Beat butter with sugar in medium bowl until well blended. Beat in egg yolk, milk, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to butter mixture, beating until blended. Stir in morsels. Refrigerate dough for 1 hour or until firm. Heat oven to 350°F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, roll balls in granulated sugar, place on cookie sheet. Press thumb gently in the center of each cookie. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. While baking unwrap kisses. When cookies are done, remove from oven and immediately and gently press unwrapped kisses into each thumbprint indention. Dust cookies with powdered sugar. Best served warm.

CHOCOLATE KISS THUMBPRINT

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Grease baking sheet with butter flavored shortening.
• 3. Set aside.
• 4. Combine butter flavored shortening, sugar, milk, vanilla and egg yolk.
• 5. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended.
• 6. Add melted chocolate and mix well.
• 7. Combine flour and salt.
• 8. Add to chocolate mixture and mix well until well blended.
• 9. Form dough into 1 inch balls.
• 10. Beat egg white slightly with fork and coat balls with egg white.
• 11. Roll in chopped nuts.
• 12. Place 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
• 13. Press thumb gently in center of each cookie.
• 14. Bake at 350 degrees for 7 minutes.
• 15. Remove from oven.
• 16. Place chocolate kiss in each thumbprint and return to oven for 1 more minute.
• 17. Remove to cooling rack. (Makes 2 1/2 dozen 2 inch cookies.)