Valentine Softies With Kisses Just For You
By: Lemon Drop
Published: Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 6:11pm

Ingredients




1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
1/4 cup fine white sugar
1 large egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 tablespoons red food coloring
1 cup all purpose flour (sifted)
1/8 teaspoon salt
Sugar

Preparation

1 WITH hand mixer, mix butter until light and fluffy, slowly add sugar 2 ADD egg yolk, vanilla and food coloring, scraping down sides when needed, and blend well 3 SLOWLY add flour and salt, blend until combined 4 COVER dough with cling wrap and leave in fridge for 15 minutes 5 ROLL dough into 2 inches balls 6 ROLL balls in sugar 7 PLACE on parchment lining cookie sheets 1 inch apart 8 FLATTEN cookies slightly with palm of hand 9 BAKE for 10-12 minutes 10 ALLOW cookies to sit for 5 minutes then press kiss down slightly into center of cookie. If you don't let them cool somewhat first your kiss will melt.

About


These are great little cookies that you can whip up in a snap. The cookie itself is a simple thumbprint recipe. Use any thumbprint cookie base you like. Then add 1 1/2 tbsp of liquid red food coloring.