I fell in love with these cookies the minute I saw them.  In the past few weeks, I have seen different versions on so many different food blogs.  They are so Christmassy.  I love the simplicity of the red and green coloring with the peppermint candy smashed into the top.  they taste as good as they look too.  I was eating them as they came out of the oven.  You can use any of your sugar cookie recipes, or even any flavored cookie dough you like.  Then roll in colored sugar and bake.  I think even a chocolate cookie would e nice, maybe dusted in powdered sugar with the peppermint candy.

Anyways, I hope y’all love them as much as I do.

Ingredients:

• 1 bag Hershey’s Kisses brand Candy Cane Kisses
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons milk
• Red and Green colored sugar

Preheat over to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove wrappers from candies (approx. 35)

Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, and egg in large bowl until well blended. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternatively with milk to butter mixture, beating until well blended.

Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Roll in red and/or green colored sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 8 – 1o minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookies is set. Remove from oven; cool 2 to 3 minutes. Press candy piece into center of each cookie.

Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

Cool completely. Yields approximately 35 cookies.