Double-chocolate Kiss Cookies

== Description ==
* Makes about 3 dozen cookies
== Ingredients ==
* 36 Hershey's Kisses chocolates or Hershey's Hugs chocolates
* ½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 egg
* 1½ tsp vanilla extract
* 1½ cups all-purpose flour
* ⅓ cup Hershey's cocoa
* ½ tsp baking soda
* ¼ tsp salt
* ¼ cup milk
* 1 can (16 oz) vanilla ready-to-spread frosting (or make your own)
=== Vanilla frosting ===
* 1½ cups powdered sugar
* 2 tablespoons milk
* 1 tablespoon shortening
* ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
== Directions ==
# Heat oven to 375°F.
# Remove wrappers from Hershey's Kisses chocolates.
# Beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla in a large bowl until well blended.
# Add flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt alternately with milk, beating until well blended.
# Cover; refrigerate dough about 1 hour or until firm enough to handle.
# Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
# Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set.
# Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
# Cool completely.
# Spread frosting onto cookies, leaving ½-inch around outer edge unfrosted.
# Place Hershey's kisses chocolates in center of each cookie. 
=== Vanilla frosting ===
# In small bowl, combine powdered sugar, milk, shortening and vanill extract.
# Beat until of spreading consistency.
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