hidden treasure cookies

These delightful treats have a crumbly, buttery outside hiding a delicious and surprising chocolatey burst inside. You can use any flavor of chocolate kisses you like, or mix and match to enhance the surprise.

3 1/2 sticks butter, softened

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons vanilla Hershey's kisses - any flavors Confectioner's sugar Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F.

1. Cream sugar, salt, butter and vanilla together.

2. Add flour and blend until mixture becomes completely incorporated into a dough (Note: this does take quite a while, at least 10 minutes or so)

3. Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours until quite stiff

4. While dough is chilling, unwrap the kisses

5. When dough is thoroughly chilled, take spoonful and wrap all the way around a kiss. When kiss is totally enveloped, roll dough in your palms (like a meatball) to shape into ball. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Repeat until all dough/kisses are in balls.

6. Bake 12-15 minutes or until dough is no longer gummy and bottoms are slightly golden.

7. Let cool slightly on cookie sheet, then place on rack to cool entirely. Meanwhile, put confectioner's sugar in a large bowl.

8. When cookies are cooled, roll in confectioner's sugar to coat. When you have finished all the cookies with one coating, repeat so that each cookie has 2 coats of confectioner's sugar all around.