Rocky Mountain Cookies

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 cup ground almonds
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (10 ounce) package hershey chocolate kisses
• additional confectioners' sugar, to sprinkle over baked cookies

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar until creamy. add flour and vanilla. add ground almonds and mix. chill for about 1-2 hours.
• 2 mold small amount of dough around each kiss, completely covering the chocolate. place in ungreased baking sheet and bake at 300°f for 14-18 minutes. halfway through baking reverse the baking sheet. cool cookies slightly and roll warm cookies in a plate of confectioners sugar.
• 3 watch these cookies carefully as they bake. the bottom of the cookie should only be lightly brown.