Red Velvet Thumbprints

By jenlin

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 4 teaspoons red food color
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• hershey white kisses

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.

In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed about 2 minutes or until creamy. Stir in egg, food coloring and vanilla until well blended. On low speed, beat in flour, cocoa and salt until blended.

Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Press thumb into center of each cookie to make indentation, but do not press all the way to the cookie sheet.

Bake 12 minutes or until set. add white kiss in middle of cookie. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.