Oh My Gourd! Halloween is this Thursday! Tricks 👍🏻 Treats👎🏻No worries, My Pretty! This Saturday a couple of witches (who may look like us 😉) are stirring up a little Hocus Pocus and creating a spooky, yet oh so tasty treat. Our Chocolate Witch Hats Cookies are guaranteed to sweeten up even the nastiest of ghosts and goblins! Happy Halloween Darling!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
- 1½ cups sugar
½ cup brown sugar tightly packed
• 4 large egg whites
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2½ cups unbleached flour
• 1 cup dark cocoa powder
• 1 Tablespoon baking powder
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 2 cups powdered sugar for rolling
• 3 dozen milk chocolate kisses unwrapped
Directions
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Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat together until ingredients are well-creamed.
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Add egg whites, one at a time, stirring until completely combined, and then stir in vanilla.
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Gradually add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt to your wet ingredients until completely combined.
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Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
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After chilling, preheat oven to 350F and prepare baking sheet by lining with parchment paper.
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Roll dough into 1½ Tablespoon-sized balls and roll thoroughly in powdered sugar.
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Transfer to baking sheet and bake on 350F for 10-12 minutes — take care to not over-bake.
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Within 1-2 minutes of removing cookies from oven, gently press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie.
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Allow cookies to finish cooling completely on baking sheet (that’s if you can wait!)
*recipe inspired by Sugar Spun Run