Chocolate Kiss Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 (6 oz.) bag milk chocolate candy kisses
• 1/3 cup confectioners sugar for decoration

Method

Cream the butter with sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the flour and walnuts, beating on low speed of an electric mixer until well blended. Cover and refrigerate dough for 2 hours or until firm enough to handle. Preheat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from chocolate kisses. Shape approximately 1 tablespoon of dough around each chocolate kiss, be sure to cover completely. Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. While cookies are still warm , roll in confectioners sugar.

Yield: 3 dozen cookies

Submitted by: Carol