Chocolate Peppermint Thumbprints

Total Time: 19 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 9 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (fine salt)
• 1 cup butter (room temp)
• 1 cup sugar (xtra for rolling)
• 1 large egg (room temp)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 48 peppermint candy hershey chocolate kisses (red and ones)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in a med bowl, whisk dry ingredients together.
• 3 in a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 4 add egg and vanilla to butter mixture.
• 5 combine gradually flour mixture to butter mixture.
• 6 roll dough in one inch balls, then roll in xtra sugar to coat (can use sanding sugar).
• 7 place on parchment lined pans 1 inch apart.
• 8 bake 5 minutes then remove from oven and make thumbprint (i used a melon baller) to make indention in center of each cookie.
• 9 return to oven and bake 4 minutes exactly (they look raw, but don't worry :).
• 10 remove pan from oven and place kiss on each cookie.
• 11 they need to sit for a few hours to set.