Oatmeal Kiss

It's Girl Scout cookie time! My Junior Girl Scouts 'developed' 2 cookie recipe ideas. This is one of them.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Yields: 60 cookies

Ingredients

• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2  cups  regular rolled oats
• 16  tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1  cup granulated sugar
• 1  cup  firmly packed brown sugar
• 2  large eggs
• 1  teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1  cup granulated sugar (or coarse)
• 60  Hershey chocolate kisses, unwrapped

Directions

1. Set racks in upper & lower thirds of the oven & preheat to 350°F
2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt & oatmeal; stir well to mix.
3. In another large bowl, beat together butter, granulated sugar, & brown sugar until well mixed. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating smooth after each addition. Beat in the vanilla.
4. Lower the mixer speed and beat in the flour & oatmeal mixture.
5. Shape dough into small balls & roll in the additional granulated or coarse sugar. Place on parchment lined cookie sheets. Place 1 Hershey's Kiss in the center of each cookie.
6. Bake the cookies 15 - 20 minutes or until they become golden brown.
7. Slide the parchment off the cookie sheets. When cool, remove the cookies to an airtight container.