Pin That! ~ Candy Cane Blossoms

Saw it. Pinned it. Actually Did it!

Yep! Today is Thursday...yet again. The good thing is Thursday are the link up day for "Saw it. Pinned it. Did it." with Steph @BEAUtiful Mess and Katie @Keep Calm and Carry on!

This week I was a little rushed to complete this post since we are hosting Brad's work Christmas party at our house...um, TONIGHT! So, I used one of the cookie recipes that I made yesterday for this post. They also happen to be new for me, something I found on Pinterest, and a new favorite!! They are Christmas cute!

Candy Cane Blossoms

Original Pin...

Source: kiurl.co via Claire on Pinterest

Aren't they pretty?!? These cookies turned out so cute and they were pretty easy! And thanks to my ABSOLUTELY AMAZING HUBBY!, as of last night...I own this baby!!

No lie. I called my husband yesterday at 4:30 in an absolute tizzy. "Babe! I need you to stop at the store on your way home from work. My hand mixer just broke! The engine is dead. Stupid cheap crap!"

About an hour later...in walks my husband...with a KITCHEN AID in his arms!! Holla! I about fell out. Dead. Slain. Now ladies, this isn't the base model. My husband spent a pretty penny on this baby. A girls kitchen dream!! Now my life is complete. Oh yea...and it's red. Done deal.

Anyways! Back to the cookies. They are awesome.
Ingredients:

• 1 bag Hershey;s Kisses brand Candy Cane Kisses
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons milk
• Red and Green colored sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat over to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove wrappers from candies (approx. 35)
2. Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, and egg in large bowl until well blended. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternatively with milk to butter mixture, beating until well blended.
3. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Roll in red and/or green colored sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake 8 - 1o minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookies is set. Remove from oven; cool 2 to 3 minutes. Press candy piece into center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Yields approximately 35 cookies.

 Happy Baking and pinning! Woo!