CHOCOLATE KISSES COOKIES RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Line two baking sheets with parchment. In a large bowl using a hand mixer, cream together butter and ½ cup powdered sugar. Fold in flour, vanilla, nuts, salt, and water. Mold 1 tablespoon cookie dough around each chocolate Kiss and roll into a ball. Chill for 1 hour. Transfer to prepared baking sheets and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until cookies look dry and have not taken on any color. Cool cookies for 20 minutes, then roll in remaining 1 cup powdered sugar.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and beat until fluffy but not at all dry. (Be careful not to over beat.) Add the sugar gradually, about 3 tablespoons at a time. When 1/2 of the sugar has been added, add the vanilla extract. Continue beating and adding remaining sugar in batches, until all of the sugar is dissolved and the meringue is very shiny and tight. Gently fold in the chocolate chips and chopped nuts. Working one teaspoon at a time, push a teaspoonful of meringue from the tip of 1 teaspoon with the back of another teaspoon onto the lined baking sheets, leaving 1-inch of space between cookies. Place baking sheets in the preheated oven and turn the oven off. Leave the cookies (undisturbed) in the oven for at least 2 hours and up to overnight, or until cookies are crisp and dry.