Cocoa Kiss Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 31 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 19 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 2/3 cups flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder (do not use dutch process)
• 1 cup pecans, finely chopped
• 54 hershey chocolate kisses, unwrapped (9 oz. pkg.)
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixer bowl cream butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• 2 combine flour and cocoa; blend into creamed mixture. add nuts; beat on low speed until well blended. chill dough 1 hour or until firm enough to handle.
• 3 preheat oven to 375 degrees f. you'll need ungreased cookie sheets.
• 4 mold scant tablespoon of dough around each unwrapped kiss covering completely. shape into balls; place on cookie sheet.
• 5 bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes or until just about set. cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet onto wire rack. cool completely. roll in powdered sugar.