Red Chocolate Kiss Cookies
1.Unsalted Butter-200 gm
Melt half the butter in Microwave & add the remaining cut into small pieces to this & stir in sothat the butter gets melted .
2.brown sugar-1 cup(firmly packed)
White sugar-3/4 cup
Jaggery-1 1/2 tbsp(thick syrup)
(Melt a small piece of jaggery with 1-2 tbsp of water & boil till you get a thick syrup.cool it.measure reqd amount & use)
Add to the above and beat.
3.egg-1 large &
egg yolk -1
Vanilla essence-1 tbsp
Add to the above and beat till creamy.
4.all purpose flour-1 3/4 cups & 2-3 tbsp
Cocoa Powder-3/4 cup
Baking soda-1/2 tsp
Baking Powder-1/4 tsp
Salt-1/2 tsp
Mix together with a spoon & add to the above in batches,folding in well.
5.Semi sweet chocolate chips-3/4 cup
Fold into the above & make balls.
6.Red sanding sugar-1/2 cup
Hershey kisses-300 gm(I used 150 gm each of cookies n'cream & almond stuffed Hershey kisses)
In a plastic bag put 1/2 cup sugar granules. Add 1-2 drops of red food color to this.tie the opening of the plastic bag & mix in the color with the sugar by pressing it with your hands over the plastic bag,until well mixed.if u want more color add a few more drops & mix in till you get the color. Now add 1 tsp cornflour to this & mix in sothat sugar doesn't stick.spread this on a plate to dry.ur red sanding mixture is ready to use.store this in small bottles.
Roll the balls in the sanding sugar until well coated.Bake the cookies,until they have puffed & have cracks running through the top about 12-14 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 C.
Be careful not to over bake the cookies or they will be dry.As soon as the cookies emerge from the oven place a Hershey kisses/cookies n'cream in the center of each cookie.after few minutes transfer it to wire racks to cool completely.u can use any other fun candy if Hershey kisses is not available
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