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#BestOfBaking
The Holidays are in full swing and I feel like the only time I really bake is during the holidays or for a birthday! In order to create something delicious you need a few staples in your kitchen! I always lean toward Arm & Hammer baking soda and Gold Medal flour when it comes to baking!
The kids unwrapped all of the Hershey’s kisses!
They rolled the dough into balls.
They dipped the balls in powdered sugar. 
AND the finished product! TASTY!
Before the baking began I headed to my local Walmart to purchase the ingredients I needed. I wanted to try a new recipe and I wanted it to be festive for the holidays!
I decided on making Christmas cookies with the center being a piece of candy!
Christmas Hugs
48 Hershey’s Hugs Kisses
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. milk
Colored crystals or powdered sugar!
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Remove wrappers from candies.
Beat butter, granulated sugar, egg and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with milk to butter mixture, beating until well blended.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in red sugar, granulated sugar, powdered sugar or a combination of any of the sugars. Place on a cookie sheet.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookie is set. Remove from oven; cool 2 to 3 minutes. Press a candy piece into center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
