Description
Candy Cane Kiss Cookies blend festive peppermint flavors with buttery chocolate chip cookies. Delicate peppermint kisses crown each cookie, creating a delightful holiday treat you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup (2 sticks/226 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp peppermint extract (optional, for extra mint flavor)
- 24 Candy Cane Hershey’s Kisses, unwrapped
- Granulated sugar (extra for rolling)
Instructions
- Preheat Preparation: Calibrate oven to 350F (175C) and line baking sheet with parchment paper to ensure seamless cookie release.
- Ingredient Fusion: Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl until uniformly blended, creating a foundational dry mixture.
- Butter Transformation: Cream softened butter and granulated sugar using an electric mixer until the mixture achieves a light, voluminous texture with pale, airy consistency.
- Wet Element Integration: Incorporate egg and vanilla extract into the butter-sugar blend, mixing until the components merge into a silky, homogeneous batter.
- Dough Development: Gently combine dry ingredients with wet mixture, stirring minimally to form a cohesive dough without compromising its delicate structure.
- Cookie Shaping and Decoration: Roll dough into precise 1-inch spheres, positioning them on the prepared sheet with strategic spacing, then sprinkle crushed candy cane fragments over each ball, pressing lightly to secure.
- Baking Precision: Bake for 8-10 minutes, monitoring for subtle golden edges while maintaining a tender interior, ensuring optimal cookie texture.
- Chocolate Embellishment: Immediately post-baking, crown each warm cookie with a Hersheys Candy Cane Kiss, leveraging residual heat to create a gentle chocolate melt.
- Cooling Protocol: Rest cookies on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to complete cooling and stabilize their delicate structure.
Notes
- Butter Temperature Matters: Ensure butter is softened but not melted for the perfect creamy texture, which helps create light and fluffy cookies.
- Gentle Mixing Technique: Avoid overmixing the dough to prevent tough, dense cookies; mix until ingredients are just combined for a tender crumb.
- Crush Candy Canes Carefully: Use a rolling pin or meat mallet to create fine, even pieces that distribute evenly and prevent large, hard chunks in the cookies.
- Kiss Placement Timing: Place Hershey’s Kisses immediately after baking while cookies are warm, allowing the chocolate to slightly melt and create a smooth, glossy topping.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg