Mint Surprise Cookies

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 60
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 97.7
  • Total Fat: 5.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 11.4 mg
  • Sodium: 44.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 11.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.3 g
  • Protein: 1.2 g

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Introduction

Our family's favorite holiday cookie... I haven't the heart to try to reduce the calories. Just have to use restraint when partaking in these fabulous cookies!! Our family's favorite holiday cookie... I haven't the heart to try to reduce the calories. Just have to use restraint when partaking in these fabulous cookies!!
Number of Servings: 60

Ingredients

    * Butter, unsalted, .5 cup
    * Shortening, .5 cup
    * Brown Sugar, .5 cup, packed
    * Granulated Sugar, 1 cup
    * Egg, fresh, 2 medium
    * Vanilla Extract, 1 tsp
    *Water 2 Tbs
    * Baking Soda, 1 tsp
    * Salt, .5 tsp
    * *Flour, white, 3.25 cup
    * Andes Mint Chocolate Candies 1 piece, 30 serving
    * Walnuts, 3 oz (14 halves)

Directions

Make the dough ahead and freeze or refrigerate until ready to make cookies.
Cream together: softened butter, shortening, sugars, eggs, vanilla and water.
Add in baking soda, salt and flour; mix by hand thoroughly.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for easier handling (at least 30 mins).
While dough chills, unwrap Andes Candies and break each in half. Also, break each walnut half in two pieces.
To make cookies:
Enclose each 1/2 Andes Candy in approx 1.5 Tsp dough (do not allow any candy to peek out).
Arrange on greased cookie sheet; top each with walnut piece.
Bake at 375 deg 10.5 mins; cool on rack or counter covered with wax/parchment paper (mom used brown paper bags cut open).

Makes approx 5 doz cookies

Number of Servings: 60

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ANGELGAL01.