#2520 - Chocolate Blossom Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 stick softened butter
3/4 cup white sugar + extra for rolling
3/4 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
1 TBSP milk
2 1/4 cups flour
1/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bits
1 - 8oz. bag Hershey's kisses (unwrapped)

In a mixer add butter, white sugar and brown sugar--beat. Add vanilla and eggs--beat. Add milk, cocoa, baking soda and salt--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add chocolate bits--stir until mixed. Shape the dough into 1" balls. Place some white sugar in a bowl--roll each dough ball in the white sugar and place them on to greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-11 minutes. Cool for 1 minute, then press an unwrapped chocolate kiss in the middle of each cookie. Let cookies cool for 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheets.