My aunt would always makes these cookies with a surprise mint inside at Christmas, and they were one of my favorites. It's now become a family tradition, passed on, to make them with my daughters and granddaughters.
It's an old-fashion recipe, originally called Starlight Mint Surprise cookies - why, I'm not sure, but perhaps at one time it was the name of the candy inside.
We now use Andes Mints.
We now use Andes Mints.
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Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies with Andes Mints
Ingredients:
3 cup flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter (softened)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, unbeaten
2 tbl water
1 tsp vanilla
Walnuts (optional
Andes Mints - 2 packages (broken in half)
Preparation:
Sift 3 c. flour, 1 tsp soda, 1/2 tsp salt.
Sift 3 c. flour, 1 tsp soda, 1/2 tsp salt.
Cream 1 c. butter, 1 c. sugar, 1/2 c. brown sugar.
Blend 2 eggs, unbeaten, 2 tbl. water, 1 tsp. vanilla.
Add dry ingredients.
Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Enclose 1 Andes mint in 1 tsp. dough. Top with walnut (if desired)
Bake 2 " apart 375 oven for 10-12 minutes.
Add dry ingredients.
Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
Enclose 1 Andes mint in 1 tsp. dough. Top with walnut (if desired)
Bake 2 " apart 375 oven for 10-12 minutes.