Shelly's Recipe

CHOCOLATE CRINKLES W/ MINT TRUFFLE KISSES

Category: Cookies

2 cups flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp peppermint extract
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp green colored sugar (optional)
bag of mint truffle flavored Hershey’s Kisses

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt; set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, and eggs until well mixed. Whisk in extracts.

Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients just until combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Roll dough into 1/2 tbsp balls. Roll balls into mixture of powdered sugar/green sugar. Place on cookie sheets about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake for 11 to 13 minutes, until cookies crackle and dough doesn’t look raw.

While cookies are baking, unwrap the kisses and make some room in your refrigerator or freezer for the cookie sheets. When the cookies come out of the oven, immediately place a kiss in the center of each cookie and press lightly.

The kisses will start to melt, so it is best if you are able to place the cookie sheet (with the kiss cookies still on it) directly into the freezer or refrigerator until the kisses can cool off and set up. Yield: About 60 cookies