Festive, easy and delicious! These Christmas Kiss Cookies will be a great addition to your cookie tray!

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 40 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 25 cookies
  • Category: Cookies
  • Cuisine: World

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • ⅓ cup brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg yolk (large)
  • 1⅓ cup all purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 cup assorted christmas sprinkles
  • 25-30 Mini Hershey's Kisses

Method

  1. Using paddle attachment of your stand mixer or using your hand mixer, beat butter and both the sugars till well combined.
  2. Add egg yolk, vanilla extract and milk and mix till combined.
  3. Add flour and salt and and mix to form a dough.
  4. Once the dough comes together, wrap it with a cling and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  6. Once the dough has chilled take it out and roll the dough into 1 inch balls, you will get around 25-30 balls from this dough.
  7. Roll each ball into the sprinkles till it's well covered with sprinkles from all sides.
  8. Form a indentation in the center of each cookie with your thumb.
  9. Place the cookies 2 inch apart on the prepared baking tray.
  10. Bake the cookies at 350 F degrees for 8-10 minutes, I baked mine for 10 minutes.
  11. Remove from over and with your thumb make an indentation again in the center. Place hershey kisses in the center immediately.
  12. Let cool on the baking sheet for 3-4 minutes before transferring onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.