Double-chocolate Kiss Cookies

Description

 * Makes about 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients

 * 36 Hershey's Kisses chocolates or Hershey's Hugs chocolates
 * ½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
 * 1 cup sugar
 * 1 egg
 * 1½ tsp vanilla extract
 * 1½ cups all-purpose flour
 * ⅓ cup Hershey's cocoa
 * ½ tsp baking soda
 * ¼ tsp salt
 * ¼ cup milk
 * 1 can (16 oz) vanilla ready-to-spread frosting (or make your own)

Vanilla frosting

 * 1½ cups powdered sugar
 * 2 tablespoons milk
 * 1 tablespoon shortening
 * ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

 * 1) Heat oven to 375°F.
 * 2) Remove wrappers from Hershey's Kisses chocolates.
 * 3) Beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in a large bowl until well blended.
 * 4) Add flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt alternately with milk, beating until well blended.
 * 5) Cover; refrigerate dough about 1 hour or until firm enough to handle.
 * 6) Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
 * 7) Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set.
 * 8) Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
 * 9) Cool completely.
 * 10) Spread frosting onto cookies, leaving ½-inch around outer edge unfrosted.
 * 11) Place Hershey's kisses chocolates in center of each cookie.

Vanilla frosting

 * 1) In small bowl, combine powdered sugar, milk, shortening and vanill extract.
 * 2) Beat until of spreading consistency.