Showing posts with label Kisses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kisses. Show all posts

Monday, December 2, 2013

Homemade Macaroon Kisses


Ingredients:
  1. 1/3 cup butter, softened
  2. 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  3. 3/4 cup sugar
  4. 1 egg yolk
  5. 2 teaspoons almond extract
  6. 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  7. 2 teaspoons baking powder
  8. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  9. 5 cups flaked coconut, divided
  10. 48 milk chocolate kisses
  11. Coarse sugar
Directions:
  1. In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in 3 cups coconut. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until dough is easy to handle.
  2. Preheat oven to 350°. Shape into 1-in. balls and roll in the remaining coconut. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  3. Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie; sprinkle with coarse sugar. Cool on pan 2-3 minutes or until chocolate is softened. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: 4 dozen.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Candy Kisses Pies

Ingredients:

1 refrigerated pie crust, thawed
14 Hershey Kisses of choice
1 egg white whisked with 1 Tbsp water
Powdered sugar for dusting



Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Roll out pie dough onto a lightly floured counter top. Place 10 kisses around the edges of pie dough, about 2 1/2 inches apart (as in the photo above). Take a knife and cut a 2 1/2-3 inch circle around kiss. Fold half of pie dough around top of dough and pinch edge around top of kiss. Now, fold up both sides of remaining dough up to the tip of the kiss pinching edge. Now press together edges and form criss cross as shown in photo, step 3. * *Continue cutting dough around kisses until all dough is used up.

2. Brush all little pies with an egg white wash then sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake for 20-28 minutes or until little pies are golden. Remove and let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack. Dust each with powdered sugar and serve.
about 14 little pies.


Source: Yummy Recipes