Hershey's Kisses Macaroon Cookies

By Potterfan1029

Ingredients

• 1/3 butter or margarine, softened
• 1 package (3 oz.) cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons almond extract
• 2 teaspoons orange juice
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 5 cups Mounds Sweetened Coconut Flakes, divided
• 48 Hershey's Kisses Brand Milk Chocolates

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

1. Beat butter, cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until well blended. Add egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice; beat well. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Stir in 3 cups coconut.

2. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to handle. Remove wrappers from chocolates. Heat oven to 350ºF. Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll balls in remaining 2 cups coconut. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven; immediately press chocolate on top of each cookie. Cool 1 minutes; carefully remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.