Acorn Candy Cookies

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Set aside.

In a mixing bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add in the egg yolks and vanilla extract. Beat to combine.

Add the flour and mix into the butter mixture until just combined. Don’t over mix.

Portion into 3/4 teaspoon amounts and roll into balls. Roll each ball into the sanding sugar and place on the prepared baking sheet.

Use a flat-bottomed drinking glass to slightly flatten the ball.

Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cookie to cool on the baking sheet for 3-5 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack to finish cooling.

Place the half cup of chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl and in 15-second increments, melt the chocolate. Stir with a rubber spatula after each increment.

Use a wooden chopstick to dab melted chocolate onto the flat side of the cookie. Then, press an unwrapped Hershey Kiss onto the cookie, using the melted chocolate as a glue.

Set the cookie down onto a wire cooling rack with the kiss standing up. Do this until all of the cookies have a kiss chocolate attached. By the time you have finished that, you can go back and affix the chocolate chip.

Start with the cookie you completed in the previous step. Being careful to dab on very small amounts of the melted chocolate, affix one chocolate chip to the rounded top of the cookie.

Set the cookie down onto the cooling rack to firm up. Once all cookies are done, set aside until the melted chocolate is firm.