Description
Chocolate blossom cookies embody pure dessert bliss from American holiday kitchens. Rich chocolate dough cradles a perfect Hershey’s kiss, promising sweet moments you’ll savor with delightful satisfaction.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups (190 g) all-purpose flour
- ½ cup (115 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (100 g) brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup (25 g) cocoa powder
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 24 chocolate kisses (Hershey’s Kisses), unwrapped
Instructions
- Creaming: Whip softened butter with granulated and brown sugars until light and fluffy, ensuring complete sugar integration and aeration of the mixture.
- Wet Ingredient Fusion: Blend egg and vanilla extract into the butter-sugar base, creating a smooth, unified foundation that will bind the cookie’s essential components.
- Dry Ingredient Preparation: Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a separate bowl, eliminating potential clumps and ensuring even distribution of dry ingredients.
- Dough Composition: Delicately incorporate dry ingredients into the wet mixture, using minimal strokes to prevent overmixing and maintain the cookie’s tender texture.
- Chill and Develop: Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes, allowing flavors to meld and preventing excessive spreading during baking while firming up the mixture.
- Shaping: Roll chilled dough into uniform spheres, positioning them strategically on a prepared baking sheet with adequate spacing to accommodate potential expansion.
- Baking: Position the rack in the center of a preheated oven at 350°F, baking for 8-10 minutes until edges appear set and centers remain slightly soft, then immediately press chocolate kisses into the warm cookies’ centers upon removal.
Notes
- Soften Butter Strategically: Bring butter to room temperature precisely 30-45 minutes before mixing to achieve optimal creaming texture without melting.
- Control Cocoa Intensity: Adjust cocoa powder quantity based on desired chocolate depth, using high-quality dark cocoa for richer, more complex flavor profiles.
- Prevent Dough Overworking: Mix ingredients gently and minimally to maintain cookie tenderness, stopping precisely when components are just combined to avoid tough texture.
- Chill for Perfection: Refrigerate dough for minimum 1 hour (preferably overnight) to enhance flavor development and prevent excessive cookie spreading during baking.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 90 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg