Christmas Kiss Sugar Cookies

Christmas Kiss Sugar Cookies are recipe #21 of our “24 Days of Christmas” Holiday baking series where I share 24 recipes over 24 days as a virtual advent countdown to Christmas. Christmas is my favourite holiday, especially when it comes to baking, and I think there are endless creations that we can come up with to reflect the holidays. All 24 holiday recipes will be shared across instagram, tiktok and here on the blog where you can print off the full recipe for your baking pleasure!

These cookies are a soft, buttery sugar cookie inundated with sprinkles and a white chocolate candy cane kiss on top. These cookies are easy to make, simple to freeze and the perfect little something to bring to your holiday party or office.

You can use any sprinkles you love for this recipe, but my favourite are Christmas jimmy sprinkles because they are soft and done overly bleed in to the dough. Aside from the sprinkles, all you need is butter, flour, an egg, baking powder and brown sugar. And your Christmas kisses of course!

You can freeze these cookies before or after baking. If freezing them before baking I would recommend rolling in to balls and freezing that way. Alternatively, you can bake them all and then freeze them after once cooled!

How To Store These Cookies

Believe it or not, Hershey’s Kisses freeze really well. You have two options if you want to make these cookies ahead and then freeze them.

The first option would be to make and roll out the cookie dough and then freeze the unbaked cookie in a freezer bag for up to 6 months. To bake these, you would remove them from the freezer, let them thaw, and then bake according to the original recipe below.

The second option would be to bake exactly according to the recipe below, let the cookies cool completely and then freeze them in a freezer bag for up to six months. You could freeze them with or without the Hershey Kiss on top.

How To Make These Cookies

• Start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees F and grabbing your ingredients. You are going to want an electric mixer with a medium sized bowl and a parchment lined baking sheet.
• In your electric mixer bowl, combine the butter and brown sugar, mix well until creamed together. Next, add in the egg.
• In a separate bowl, combine the flour and baking powder and then gradually add this to the wet mixture on medium speed until well combined.
• Fold in your sprinkles.
• Scoop out 2 tbsp sized balls of cookie dough and spread 8-10 evenly on your baking tray. Press the balls of dough down slightly with the bottom of a glass cup, they will still spread slightly.
• Bake for 11-12 minutes. Remove from oven and press the hershey kiss in to the center of the cookie. Allow these to cool completely and enjoy!

Doubling The Recipe

Yes, you can double this recipe no problem! Because I am always testing out new recipes I tend to prefer smaller batches of the baked goods I make. However, by doubling or tripling all of the below ingredients you can easily transform this recipe in to 2 or 3 dozen.

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