350° 10-12 minutes yield 4 dozen
- 1/3 cup butter,softened
- 1 package (3oz) cream cheese
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tsp almond extract
- 2 tsp orange juice
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 cups mounds sweetened coconut flakes, divided
- 1 bag (8 oz) Hershey kisses
1. Beat butter,cream cheese, and sugar in large bowl until well blended. Add egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice, beat well. Stir together flour,baking powder and salt; gradually add to butter mixture,beating until well blended. Stir in 3 cups coconut.
2. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to handle. Remove wrappers from kisses. Shape into 1 inch balls, roll balls into remaining 2 cups coconut. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake cookies until lightly browned. Once removed from oven immediately press kiss on top of each cookie. wait 1 minute then place cookies on cooling racks.
