1/3 cup butter, softened
3 oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
2 t almond extract
2 t orange juice
1 1/2 cup flour
2 t baking powder
1/4 t salt
3 cups plus 2 cups shredded coconut, sweetend
hershey kisses - 1 package, milk chocolate or almond
Combine butter, cream cheese and sugar in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Beat it egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and gradually stir in to the butter mixture. Last, stir in 3 cus of coconut. Refrigerate for 30-45 minutes. Heat oven to 350. Take about a tablespoon of dough and roll into ball, repeat until dough is used up. Last, roll into remaining 2 cups of coonut. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes until lightly browned. Remove from oven, and press unwrapped chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie. Cool. (Makes 3-4 dozen depending on the size of your balls.)
