Butter-Nut Chocolate-topped Cookies

Description

• Makes about 2½ dozen cookies

Ingredients

• ½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 30 Hershey's Kisses chocolates
• ½ cup ground almonds, pecans or walnuts

Directions

1. Beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in medium bowl until well blended.
2. Stir together flour, baking soda, and salt; add to butter mixture, beating well.
3. If necessary, refrigerate dough until firm enough to handle.
4. Remove wrappers from chocolate pieces.
5. Heat oven to 350°F.
6. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in ground nuts.
7. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
8. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until almost no imprint remains when touched lightly in center.
9. Remove from oven; immediately press a chocolate piece into center of each cookie.
10. Carefully remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
11. Cool completely (chocolate should be set before storing).

Orange variation

1. Add ¾ teaspoon freshly grated orange peel to butter mixture.