Chocolate Cherry Kiss Cookies recipe
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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
Nutrition Info
- 99.5 caloriescarbohydrate: 11.3 gcholesterol: 1 mgfat: 5.8 gfiber: 0.4 gprotein: 1 gsaturatedFat: 2 gservingSize: -sodium: 28.3 mgsugar: 2.6 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Chocolate Cherry Kiss Cookies
Directions
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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.