Chocolate Mint Blossoms
Jackie Cooks +Drinks
Like the peanut butter blossom, these use Hershey Kisses, but without any nut butter. And make them Chocolate and mint!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 8 minutes mins
Dough Chilling Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 18 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cacao powder (can sub cocoa powder)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces organic vegetable shortening
- ½ cup granulated sugar, plus more for rolling the cookie dough
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
- 1, 11-ounce package of Candy Cane Flavored Hershey Kisses
Whisk together the flour, cacao powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the shortening and the sugars until pale in color and creamy (a few minutes). Add the egg, then the milk, and the extracts. Slowly add in the dry mixture.Chill the dough for a minimum of an hour. It needs to be chilled.When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.Roll out 1" size balls of dough and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, 2" apart. Bake for about 7 minutes, then adding the kiss to the middle of the cookie and baking for another 2 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.Makes 4-5 dozen cookies.
Keyword blossoms, chocolate cookies, cookies, holidays, mint chip cookie, mint cookies, peanut butter blossom