Busters Recipes

Mini Kisses Thumbprint Cookies


1 cup butter or margarine -- softened
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 egg yolks -- * see below
1/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
16 ounce can vanilla frosting
green and red food coloring
Hershey's mini kisses baking pieces

Beat butter, sugar, egg yolks milk and vanilla until fluffy. Combine flour,
cocoa and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well
blended. Refrigerate dough about 2 hours or until firm enough to handle.
Heat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease cookie sheet. Shape dough into 1 1/8
inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar, place on prepared cookie sheet. Press
thumb in center of each cookie.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack;
cook 10 minutes. Divide frosting into three parts. Leave one part white,
add red food color to one part and green food color to remaininder. Spoon
heaping 1/4 tsp. desired color frosting in to each thumbprint. Gently press
3 mini kisses on each.
Makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.
* Save egg whites if not coating is desired (see below)
Variation: Finly chop 2 cups almonds. Beat egg white slightly with fork;
dip each ball into egg white. Omit sugar, roll balls in almonds. Place on
prepared cookie sheet. Proceed as directed for baking and filling cookies.