Macaroon Kiss Cookies
Treat the coconut lovers in your life to a dessert just for them. Macaroon Kiss Cookies combine flaky sweetened coconut flakes and cream cheese for a chewy cookie everyone will enjoy!
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups flour *all-purpose
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup butter *softened
- 6 oz cream cheese *softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon orange juice
- 1 teaspoon orange juice
- 10 cups coconut *divided
- 1 bag Hershey Kisses
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a different bowl, beat together butter, cream cheese, and sugar until creamy.
- Add egg yolks.
- Add in vanilla and juice. Mix until combined.
- Slowly add in dry mixture and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Add in 6 cups of coconut.
- Place cookie dough in fridge for one hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Once dough has been chilled for an hour, remove from fridge and scoop 1 ½-inch dough balls.
- Roll in hand to create ball and then roll through remaining 4 cups of coconut.
- Place on a cookie sheet, about 12 per cookie sheet. Bake in oven for 14-15 minutes, or until set and light brown.
- Remove from oven and push one Hershey kiss into each cookie and place back into oven for an additional one minute.
- Remove from oven and cool. Enjoy!!
Notes
* As a tip, keep dough in fridge in between batches of cookies, I found it was easier to roll the dough into balls when the dough was cold from fridge.
Nutrition
Serving: 2cookiesCalories: 389kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 4gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 20gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 253mgPotassium: 198mgFiber: 4gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 369IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 75mgIron: 2mg
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