Red Velvet Blossoms

🧂 Ingredients

• ½ cup sugar

  (white granulated sugar)
• ½ cup light brown sugar

  (packed)
• ½ cup butter

  (softened, at room temperature)
• 1 large egg

  (at room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon gel food coloring

  (red)
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

  (sifted)
• ½ cup red sanding sugar
• 36 Hershey's Kisses

  (roughly 36 dark chocolate candies, unwrapped)

Instructions

• 1 To get started, preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C) and line a baking sheet(s)
  with parchment paper.
• 2 Cream together the ½ cup of granulated sugar, ½ cup of light brown sugar, and ½
  cup of softened butter in the bowl of your stand mixer or a separate large
  mixing bowl until you reach a smooth consistency.
• 3 Add in the 1 large egg, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and ¼ teaspoon of red gel
  food coloring, then mix in the ¾ teaspoon of baking soda, ½ teaspoon of baking
  powder, and ¼ teaspoon of salt until fully combined. After the liquid
  ingredients are mixed together completely, slowly add the 1 ½ cups of
  all-purpose flour and the ¼ cup of unsweetened cocoa powder. Mix until your
  cookie dough just combines.
• 4 Pour the ½ cup of red sanding sugar into a shallow bowl. Portion out your cookie
  dough and use your hands to roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Coat each cookie
  dough ball in the red sanding sugar by rolling it in the bowl. Transfer the
  coated cookie balls onto the lined baking sheet(s) and allow 2 inches of room
  between each cookie.
• 5 Bake in your preheated oven at 375°F (190°C) for 8-10 minutes or until the
  cookies begin to set on the bottoms and the centers of the cookies are still a
  little soft.
• 6 Remove the cookies from your oven and instantly press down an unwrapped dark
  chocolate Hershey's Kiss gently on top. Repeat with the remaining cookies. Let
  the cookies rest on the baking sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer all cookies
  to a cooling rack before serving.

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