I enjoy making these cookies during the Christmas season. Mainly because they remind me of my 1970s days, of serving them at church dances. I did a lot of handling the goodies table back then. But that's what wall flowers did!
One of the things I love about making these is that they bring back memories of my teen years. Mama wasn't big on us kids having chocolate. So we had to get it elsewhere and these were a favorite at church dances, I suspect because the older kids could pop them in their mouth before smoochin' their honey ;)
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 egg at room temperature
- 1 egg yolk at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ⅔ cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 48 chocolate kisses unwrapped
- 2 tablespoons sugar or sprinkles for rolling optional
- Mix sugars and butter with a hand mixer on medium until light and fluffy. Add egg, yolk and vanilla, and mix well.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
- Add dry mixture a little bit at a time to the butter mixture until well combined. Refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Divide into 48 balls, about ¾". Roll in sugar if using and place on a baking sheet.
- Bake 7-9 minutes or until lightly browned on the edges.
- Remove from the oven and cool 2-3 minutes. Press a kiss into the center of each cookie and remove it to a cooling rack.
- Cool completely.
These cookies were quite the rage back in the 1970s and I can remember them as the "wow" cookies at every party or event.