Chocolate Valentine Kiss Cookies

• 1 c. all-purpose flour
• 1/3 c. cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 8 T. (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
• 2/3 c. sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 T. milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3/4 to 1 c. assorted Valentine sprinkles
• 25 to 30 Hershey Kisses or Hugs candies, unwrapped

Directions

• mix flour, cocoa, and salt; put aside.

• With an electrical mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar till lightweight and downy, concerning two minutes. Add fixings, milk, and vanilla; combine till incorporated. scale back mixer speed to low and add the flour mixture till simply combined.

• Wrap dough in wrap and refrigerate till firm, 1 hour.

• Roll chilled dough into 1-inch balls and roll every ball in sprinkles, fully covering the dough ball with sprinkles. Place balls concerning two inches apart on a baking sheet. together with your thumb, gently displace into the middle of every ball simply slightly to form a really little indentation. Chill the baking sheet of dough balls within the icebox for ten to fifteen minutes.

• Bake at 350 degrees till set, concerning twelve minutes.

• once removing cookies from the kitchen appliance, instantly place a Hershey Kiss or Hug within the center of every cookie. Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for concerning three minutes, take away to a cooling rack to chill.