Valentine Cookie Recipes filled with Hugs and Kisses
by Machelle Alder Winder

Here are 4 fun and easy Valentine cookie recipes to try. Have plenty of kisses and hugs ready!

Secret Kiss Valentine's Day Cookies

1 c butter
2/3 c sugar
1 ts vanilla
2 c flour
1 c walnuts, chopped fine
1 pk chocolate kisses
1 c powdered sugar

Beat butter, sugar and vanilla at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add flour and nuts on low speed until well-blended. Chill dough 2 hours. For each cookie, use about 1 tablespoon of dough to encase one chocolate kiss completely. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees until set but not brown, about 8 to 10 minutes. Remove and roll in powdered sugar.


Peanut-Butter Valentine's Day Kisses

18 oz creamy peanut butter
1 1/4 c granulated sugar
2 large eggs
9 oz milk-chocolate kisses
Heat oven to 350. Have cookie sheets ready. With a wooden spoon, stir peanut butter, sugar and eggs in a medium-size bowl until thoroughly blended. (Dough will be slightly sticky.) With floured hands, roll level measuring tablespoons full of dough into 1 1/4" balls. Place 1-1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 12 to 14 minutes until cookies look dry with tops crackled. Remove from oven and immediately press a chocolate kiss in the center of each cookie. Cool on cookie sheet 1 to 2 minutes; them immediately remove to wire racks.

Chocolate Pecan Valentine's Day Kisses

3 Egg whites
1/4 ts Cream of tartar
3/4 c Granulated sugar
1/2 c Finely chopped pecans or walnuts
1/4 c Sifted unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 ts Vanilla
1 pn Salt

Beat egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar until stiff, glossy peaks form. Fold in pecans, cocoa powder, vanilla and salt. Spoon into pastry bag fitted with 1/2 inch tip. Pipe 1 inch kisses, about 1-1/2 inches apart, onto lightly greased baking sheets. Bake in 250F oven for about 45 minutes or until outside is firm but inside slightly soft. Let cool on racks. Store at room temperature, covered with plastic wrap, for up to 5 days.

Valentine's Day Hidden Hugs Cookies

1 pk Hershey's Hugs Chocolates (8 oz)
1 c Butter or margarine, softened
1/2 c Powdered sugar
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 1/4 c All-purpose flour
1/4 ts Salt
3/4 c Toasted almonds, finely ground (see note)
Additional powdered sugar
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Remove wrappers from chocolate pieces. In large mixer bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar amd vanilla until well blended. Stir together flour and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Add nuts; blend well. Mold scant tablespoon dough around each chocolate piece, covering completely. Shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool slightly; roll in powdered sugar. Cool completely. Before serving, roll again in powdered sugar, if desired.

Note: To toast almonds, heat oven to 350'F. Spread almonds in thin layer in shallow baking pan. Bake 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light golden brown; cool.



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