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Peppermint Kiss Cookies
Peppermint Kiss Cookies are the most festive treats for Christmas and they taste fantastic! These blossom sugar cookies are so soft and delicious and the candy cane kisses are the prefect touch. They are always such a hit!
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
27 mins
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 94 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 36 Hershey Kisses (Candy Cane)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons milk
- extra sugar for rolling the dough
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 °F.
- Remove all of the wrappers from kisses, and set aside.
- Using a hand or stand mixer, cream together the room temperature butter and sugar. Add in the egg and vanilla extract. Mix until well blended.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add the flour mixture, alternately with the milk, to the butter mixture, mixing until fully combined.
- Line a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Shape the cookie dough into 1 inch balls and then roll the balls in the extra sugar. Place the balls on the cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until edges of the cookies are lightly browned. Remove the cookies from the oven and let cool for 3 minutes.
- Press a candy kiss into the middle of the cookies.
- Let cool completely on a wire rack.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
36
Calories
94kcal
(5%)
Carbohydrates
14g
(5%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
13mg
(4%)
Sodium
38mg
(2%)
Potassium
11mg
(0%)
Fiber
0.3g
(1%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
87IU
(2%)
Calcium
13mg
(1%)
Iron
0.4mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 94
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 36 | |
| Calories | 94kcal | 5% |
| Carbohydrates | 14g | 5% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.1g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 13mg | 4% |
| Sodium | 38mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 11mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 87IU | 2% |
| Calcium | 13mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.