Chocolate Thumbprints

By hanley89

Ingredients

• 2 Cups all purpose flour( spooned and leveled)
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/4 tsp fine salt
• 2 sticks unsalted butter
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tbs vanilla
• 48 Hershey's kisses
• 1/2 cup sanding sugar

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350. In a medium bowl whisk flour, cocoa and salt. using a mix master, beat butter and sugar on medium high until light and fluffy.Add egg and vanilla; beat to combine. With mixer on low;gradually add flour and beat to combine.
2.Place sanding sugar in small bowl. Roll dough into 1 inch balls,then roll in sugar. Place balls one inch apart on parchment lined cookie sheets. Bake 5 minutes. Remove sheets from oven; with the small end of a melon baller; make an indentation in center of cookie.
3. Bake until cookies are just set but still look moist, 4 minutes(DO NOT OVERBAKE). Immediately after taking out of oven, place Hershey kiss in each center of the cookies. Cool on wire rack
4. Place in a container with waxed paper between layers once the hershey kiss has set and harden