Hidden Hugs Cookies

Name: Hidden Hugs Cookies
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: chocolate hugs; butter; powdered sugar; vanilla extract; flour; salt; almonds; powdered sugar

Submitted by mceric

These tasty treats made out of rich chocolate and almonds will have you wishing you made more!

YIELD

48 servings

PREP

20 min

COOK

10 min

READY

30 min

Ingredients

PACKAGE CHOCOLATE HUGS
or hugs with almonds chocolates (8 oz) *

CUP BUTTER
or margarine, softened (2 sticks)

CUP POWDERED SUGAR

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

2 ¼

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

TEASPOON SALT

CUPS ALMONDS
toasted, finely ground

X POWDERED SUGAR *

Directions

Heat oven to 400℉ (200℃). Remove wrappers from chocolate pieces. In large mixer bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar amd vanilla until well blended. Stir together flour and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Add nuts; blend well. Mold scant tablespoon dough around each chocolate piece, covering completely. Shape into balls.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Cool slightly; roll in powdered sugar. Cool completely. Before serving, roll again in powdered sugar, if desired.

NOTE: To toast almonds, heat oven to 350℉ (180℃). Spread almonds in thin layer in shallow baking pan. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light golden brown; cool.