Peppermint Chocolate Thumbprints
- Author: A Pinch of Joy by Charlene Vance
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 42
- Category: Dessert
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 2/3 cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 14 ounce bag Peppermint Kisses
- ½ cup sugar for rolling cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix together butter and 1 cup sugar until fluffy. Add egg and vanilla.
- Mix together flour, cocoa and salt in small bowl, then add gradually to sugar/butter mixture. Mix until combined.
- If dough is sticky, refrigerate for 20 minutes or until dough is easy to handle.
- Place ½ cup sugar in small bowl.
- Roll heaping teaspoons of dough into balls about 1 inch in diameter. Roll each ball in the sugar and place about an inch apart on parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake for 9 minutes, remove from oven then press peppermint kiss into each cookie.
- Return to oven for 1-2 minutes until cookie is set and kiss slightly melted.
- Let cookies stand on baking sheet for 1-2 minutes before removing to rack to cool thoroughly.
