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Cherry Kiss Cookies

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Cherry Kiss Cookies

Adapted from Simple & Delicious December/January 2014
Reviews rate this recipe 4 of 5 stars.
Prep: 20 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.

Topped with a chocolate kiss, these cherry-flavored cookies look super cute on a dessert tray. Share them with family and friends. —Joy Yurk, Grafton, WI

Ingredients:
• 1 cup margarine or butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons maraschino cherry juice
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 6 drops red food coloring, optional
• 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries
• 54 milk chocolate kisses, unwrapped

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat margarine, confectioners' sugar and salt until blended. Beat in cherry juice, extract and, if desired, food coloring. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in cherries.

2. Shape dough into 1-in. balls. Place 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets.

3. Bake 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are light brown. Immediately press a chocolate kiss into center of each cookie (cookie will crack around edges). Cool on pans 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.

1 cookie equals 85 calories, 5 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 10 mg cholesterol, 51 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.