Cherry Kiss Cookies

Cherry Kiss Cookies

from the-girl-who-ate-everything.com
25 min
30 servings

These Cherry Kiss Cookies are sweet cherry almond cookies with a chocolate Hershey kiss in the middle.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter (softened)
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
  • 6 drops red food coloring (optional)
  • 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries
  • 30 milk chocolate kisses (unwrapped)

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350° and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar and salt until fluffy. Beat in cherry juice, almond extract and food coloring. Gradually add in flour and mix until combined. Stir in cherries.

  2. 2

    Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place on the prepared baking sheet.

  3. 3

    Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are light brown. Press a Hershey kiss immediately into the center of each cookie. The edges will crinkle. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for a couple minutes before removing to a cooling rack.