Candy Cane Kiss Blossoms

These are the Christmas cookies we made this year, and we used red sugar and powdered sugar.  The colored sugar was better than the powdered sugar.

We searched for this recipe when we bought a bag of candy cane kisses on sale, and wanted to bake with them, and the peanut butter cookie recipe didn't sound appetizing with the candy cane flavor.  These worked out very well.

 

• 48 HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Candy Cane Mint Candies
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• Red or green sugar crystals, granulated sugar or powdered sugar (garnish)

Directions

1. 1
   Heat oven to 350°F. Remove wrappers from candies.
2. 2
   Beat butter, granulated sugar, egg and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with milk to butter mixture, beating until well blended.
3. 3
   Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in red sugar, granulated sugar, powdered sugar or a combination of any of the sugars. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
4. 4
   Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookie is set. Remove from oven; cool 2 to 3 minutes. Press a candy piece into center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Makes about 48 cookies.