Coconut Cherry Chocolate Kiss Cookies

Submitted by Potluck

"Peeling silver foil from the chocolate kisses is like picking berries. One to keep, one to eat, one to keep,one to eat..."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 54

ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
• 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
• 2⁄3 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1⁄4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup maraschino cherry, chopped
• 14 ounces flaked coconut (5 cups)
• 54 Hershey chocolate kisses (9 oz package unwrapped)

directions

1. To make dough-In large mixer bowl cream butter with the cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add egg yolk and vanilla. Beat well.
3. Combine flour,baking powder and salt.NOTE-A touch of almond extract intensifies cherry flavor.
4. Gradually add to creamed mixture.
5. Stir in cherries and 3 cups coconut. Cover tightly and chill for 1 hour ,or until firm.
6. To bake-Shape dough into 1 inch balls.
7. Roll in coconut.
8. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
9. Bake 350°F for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
10. Remove from oven. Immediately press 1 kiss in center of each cookie.
11. Cool 1 minute.
12. Carefully remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely on wire racks.

Reviews

[Diana K.]

My Mom started Me on these a long time ago. I can be Dr make enough of them everyone loves them. However; I do not roll mine in the additional coconut. I did for the picture then went to not rolling them. To us it dries them out too much. To each his own though.