PUMPKIN SPICE BLOSSOMS

Filed under Desserts, Holidays

Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup white sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour

1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
36 Hershey's Pumpkin Spice Kisses, unwrapped

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  With an electric mixer, cream together the butter and 2/3 cup sugar until light and fluffy.  Stir in the vanilla, then the salt.  Mix in the flour until the dough comes together.  In a small bowl, mix 1/3 cup white sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Roll the dough into 1-inch balls, then roll in sugar and spice mixture.  Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly browned.  Immediately press a pumpkin spice kiss into the center of each cookie (the cookie will crack around the edges).  Remove cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.  Makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Let's Dish
These cute little cookies are were inspired by the classic Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie.  The buttery shortbread cookie base with a dusting of cinnamon and nutmeg is the perfect accompaniment for the Pumpkin Spice Kisses--which are really tasty, by the way.  I like to buy a few extra bags and keep them in the freezer for later.  My family loved these cinnamon and spice flavored cookies.  I think they were gone within 24 hours!

Who Dished It Up First
This is an original recipe inspired by the Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie.