---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Hershey's Kiss Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 36 Cookies
 
    1/4 c  Brown sugar; packed
    1/4 c  Butter; softened
    1/4 c  Shortening
      1    Egg; separated
    1/2 ts Vanilla
      1 c  All-purpose flour
    1/4 ts Salt
    3/4 c  Nuts; finely chopped
      3    Hershey's kisses
 
  Heat oven to 350 degrees F.  Mix brown sugar, shortening,
  margarine, egg yolk, and vanilla.  Mix in flour and salt until
  dough holds together. Shape dough into 1" balls. Beat egg whites
  lightly. Dip each ball into egg white; roll in nuts. Place about
  1" apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press thumb deeply in center of
  each.

  Bake until light brown, about 8 to 9 minutes. Immediately remove
  from cookie sheet.  Place a Hershey Kiss in the center of each
  cookie. Kiss will melt slightly from warmth of cookie. Let them
  cool thoroughly and the Kiss harden again before storing.

  Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

  If you prefer, you can make peanut butter cookies instead with the
  thumbprint and Hershey Kiss.

  Recipe by Lilli Beach
 
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