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These festive and colorful homemade Red Velvet Peppermint Kiss Cookies will be the center of your holiday cookie tray, delighting family and friends.

Red Velvet Peppermint Kiss Cookies

Freshly baked cookies are always welcome. That being said, they really have become a sign of the holiday season. Change up a couple of ingredients and add a piece of popular holiday candy and you have Red Velvet Peppermint Kiss Cookies. The look of these festive, colorful cookies will make them the center of your holiday cookie tray. The taste and appearance of these Red Velvet Peppermint Kiss Cookies will delight both family and friends. Here’s instructions for how to make them.

This recipe makes 2-3 dozen cookies.

Equipment Needed

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• stand mixer OR hand mixer and large mixing bowl
• mixing bowl
• measuring spoons
• measuring cups
• small ice cream scoop
• baking trays
• whisk

Cook’s Pro Adjust-A-Measure Set, 3-PiecePyrex 3-Piece Glass Measuring Cup SetPyrex 8 Piece Smart Essentials Bowl SetHamilton Beach Hand Mixer with Snap-On CaseHamilton Beach 6-Speed Classic Stand MixerOXO Good Grips Stainless Cookie Scoop, SmallNordicware Aluminum Baker’s Half Sheet (2Pk)

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tablespoon red food coloring
• 1/2 cup red sanding sugar
• 24-36 peppermint bark hershey kisses, unwrapped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees f.

Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, sugar and brown sugar

Add in the egg and vanilla and mix until combined

Add in the red food coloring and mix until combined

In a large bowl, mix the flour and cocoa powder until combined.

Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop out the dough and roll into a ball

Roll the cookie dough into the red sanding sugar and place onto the cookie sheet

Repeat steps for 11 more cookies

Bake in the oven for 10 minutes

Once cookies are baked, let cool for 2 minutes before placing a hershey kiss in the center

Repeat steps with remaining dough

Let cookie sit for 20 minutes to cool completely.

If you’re looking for some other holiday desserts, check out my Peppermint Smore Cookies, Christmas Oreo Truffles, Oreo Truffle Holiday Ornaments, Christmas Tree Cupcakes, and Holiday Bundt Cake.

Red Velvet Peppermint Kiss Cookies

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Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees f. Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, sugar and brown sugar Add in the egg and vanilla and mix until combined Add in the red food coloring and mix until combined In a large bowl, mix the flour and cocoa powder until combined. Using a small ice cream scoop, scoop out the dough and roll into a ball Roll the cookie dough into the red sanding sugar and place onto the cookie sheet Repeat steps for 11 more cookies Bake in the oven for 10 minutes Once cookies are baked, let cool for 2 minutes before placing a hershey kiss in the center Repeat steps with remaining dough Let cookie sit for 20 minutes to cool completely. If you're looking for some other holiday desserts, check out my Peppermint Smore Cookies, Christmas Oreo Truffles, Oreo Truffle Holiday Ornaments, Christmas Tree Cupcakes, and Holiday Bundt Cake.

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