Strawberry Truffle Kiss Cookies
Try this Strawberry Truffle Kiss Cookies recipe, or contribute your own.
Try this Strawberry Truffle Kiss Cookies recipe, or contribute your own.
- Carbohydrate 0.0975708825147751 g
- Cholesterol 7.6825604530135 mg
- Fat 2.72681993494248 g
- Fiber 0 g
- Protein 0.160192851661119 g
- Saturated Fat 1.67040500022522 g
- Serving Size 1 1 cookie (5g)
- Sodium 21.2034974350908 mg
- Sugar 0.0975708825147751 g
- Trans Fat 0.249808972959327 g
- Calories 25 calories
Step-by-step
- Take the wrappers off the Hershey kisses and place in the freezer.
- Combine the dry cake mix, butter, egg, and extract and mix until a soft dough forms.
- Add the cream cheese and mix in completely.
- Refrigerate the dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Roll into 48 dough balls and roll in the sanding sugar.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
- Let set on the hot cookie tray for 2 minutes before removing and placing on parchment paper.
- Top each cookie with a frozen kiss.
- Let cool completely before placing in a sealed container on the counter.
- Makes 48 cookies.
Boxed cake mix formulas rely on precise ratios of starch, leavening, and emulsifiers that home bakers rarely replicate from scratch. These dry blends contain treated flour with a lower protein content than all-purpose flour, creating a tender crumb without requiring pastry pastry flour. When combining melted butter with softened cream cheese, emulsion stability dictates the final texture of the dough. Fat coats the flour proteins early, preventing excessive gluten development during mixing.
Scaling Batches Proportionally
Multiplying this recipe requires weighing ingredients rather than relying on volume measures. Eggs do not scale linearly past double batches; use whole liquid eggs measured by gram weight for fractions. Commercial kitchens scale standardized batters by dividing total yield weights by individual portion sizes. Chill times must increase when scaling up, because larger masses of dough retain heat longer in the refrigerator center.
- Dough spreading excessively indicates the butter was too warm during mixing; chill the formed balls for 15 minutes before baking.
- Chocolate kisses melting completely upon placement means the cookies remained on the hot pan too long; press frozen candies onto the surface immediately after the two-minute resting window.
- Pale cookies lacking a golden hue signal an oven temperature below 350 degrees Fahrenheit; verify actual internal heat with an independent oven thermometer.
