Description
Soft pink cherry cookies topped with a chocolate kiss, perfect for holidays and sharing.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup maraschino cherries, chopped
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 24 Hershey Kisses
Instructions
- Beat butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in cherry juice and extract until smooth.
- Add flour and salt and mix until dough forms.
- Stir in chopped cherries.
- Scoop dough and roll into balls.
- Roll dough balls in granulated sugar.
- Chill dough balls for 20 minutes.
- Bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
- Press a chocolate kiss into each cookie.
- Cool completely before serving.
Notes
- Dry cherries well before mixing.
- Chill dough to maintain shape.
- Try different extracts for flavor variation.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 160
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 60mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 1.5g
- Cholesterol: 20mg