Secret Kiss Cookies

I made these to go on the goody plate we took around to our visiting teaching and home teaching families.

The white balls are the cookies.

1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 t. vanilla
1 3/4 cup flour
1 cup fine chopped walnuts
1 6 ounce package of chocolate kisses
confectioner's sugar

Cream butter, sugar, and vanilla in large bowl. Gradually add flour & nuts; beat on low speed until well blended. Chill dough about 1 hour. or until firm enough to handle.

Heat oven to 375 degrees.

Mold approximately 1 T of dough around an unwrapped chocolate kiss and make a ball. Be sure to cover kiss completely. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 12 minutes or until cookies are set, but not brown. Cool slightly; remove to wire rack. While still warm, roll in confectioners sugar. Cool. Store.

Approximately 36 cookies.

These were also delicious, and wouldn't have lasted long had I not stored them like the directions said. They were fairly easy to make, except I needed to chop the nuts up more. They were still a little too big to get a good coverage on the cookies, but I made it work. If you keep them in the fridge, just remember that the chocolate kiss will get a hard, so take them out a little before you want to eat them.