Chocolate Hershey Kiss Cookies

A brownie cookie with a Hershey kiss on top, what more could you want in a cookie?

• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter softened (1 1/2 sticks)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup light or dark brown sugar tightly packed
• 4 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I use bread flour)
• 1 cup unsweetened Hershey cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups powdered sugar for rolling
• 3 dozen Hershey milk chocolate kisses unwrapped

Instructions

• Combine the room temperature butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer  and beat together until ingredients are well-creamed.  Add eggs, one at a time, mixing until completely combined, and then mix in vanilla extract.
• Gradually add dry ingredients to your wet ingredients starting with salt, baking powder, cocoa powder and flour until completely combined.
• Cover bowl and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
• After chilling, preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare baking sheet by lining with parchment paper.
• Roll dough into 1 1/2 tablespoon-sized balls (30g) and roll thoroughly in powdered sugar.
• Transfer to baking sheet and bake in a 350 degree oven for 10-12 minutes.  I lean toward 10 minutes.  Do not overbake!
• After removing cookies from oven, gently press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie. Allow cookies to finish cooling completely before enjoying.