Peppermint Kiss Cookies
Peppermint Kiss Cookies are a delicious, chewy, soft homemade peppermint sugar cookie recipe topped with a peppermint Hershey Kiss.
Servings: 30 cookies
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar I've used ultrafine baking sugar too - both work
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour cake flour works too
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons red decorating sugar
- 30 candy cane Hershey's Kisses unwrapped
Instructions
Before you begin
- Unwrap all of the Hershey's Kisses so they're ready to press into the warm cookies.
For the dough
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, cream 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened to room temperature) and 1 cup granulated sugar together on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add 2 large egg yolks, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract and beat until well combined for about a minute, scraping sides as needed.
- In a separate bowl, combine 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour, 3/4 teaspoon baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Mix into butter mixture until a dough forms. You may need to do the final mixing by hand as the dough will be thick.
- Fold 2 tablespoons red decorating sugar into dough.
To bake and top
- Roll dough into 1 tablespoon (about 18 g) balls and set about 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 9-10 minutes and remove when set but not yet turning brown. They firm up as they cool.
- Wait 2-3 minutes so that cookies have cooled a bit but are still warm and gently press a candy cane Kiss into the top of each cookie. If you do this too soon, it may melt. If you wait too long, they may not stick to the cookie. Transfer to wire cooling rack.
Notes
- Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. Baked cookies freeze well.
- Serving size = 1 cookie
Nutrition
Calories: 102kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 24mg | Potassium: 18mg | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 110IU | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.4mg
