CHOCOLATE CHERRY KISS COOKIES

Chocolate Cherry Kiss Cookies image

My grandma loved chocolate-covered cherries, so I combined 2 recipes to come up with these yummy cookies. She loved that I made a special cookie just for her. These are also Jessie's favorite cookie.

Provided by Kristy

Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Cherry Dessert Recipes

Time 35m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup shortening (such as Crisco®)
1 cup powdered sugar
4 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
4 drops red food coloring
¾ teaspoon almond extract
⅛ teaspoon cherry flavoring (such as Wilton®)
¾ cup drained, chopped maraschino cherries
48 milk chocolate kisses (such as HERSHEY'S), or more as needed

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Whisk flour and salt together in a small bowl.
Combine shortening, powdered sugar, cherry juice, red food coloring, and cherry flavoring in a large bowl. Add flour mixture and mix well. Stir in maraschino cherries.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls; arrange 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake in the preheated oven until edges are light golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Immediately top each cookie with a chocolate kiss, pressing firmly. Transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 99.5 calories, Carbohydrate 11.3 g, Cholesterol 1 mg, Fat 5.8 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2 g, Sodium 28.3 mg, Sugar 2.6 g