Surprise Package Cookies
Excerpted from Taste of Home: Best Loved Recipes: 1485 Favorites from the World’s #1 Food & Entertaining Magazine
By Taste of HomeYield: 3-½ dozen
Prep: 25 min.
Bake: 10 min./batchEach of these buttery cookies has a chocolate mint candy inside,” says Lorraine Meyer of Bend, Oregon. “They’re my very favorite cookie and are always part of our Christmas cookie trays.
– Lorraine Meyer, Bend, OregonIngredients
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
65 mint Andes candies
1. In a bowl, cream butter and sugars. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.2. With floured hands, shape a tablespoonful of dough around 42 candies, forming rectangular cookies. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
3. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. In a microwave or saucepan, melt the remaining candies; drizzle over cookies.
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Looks yummy. Love these cookies, very seasonal.
Oh man, these sound delicious. I have been craving cookies the past few days, too!
Those are adorable!
Looks like a winner. I love chocolate mint; especially melted inside a cookie!
These look awesome for guests at Christmas. Thank you for the recipe!
These look great, I love Andes Mints, they have been around forever. I am a big fan of mint chocolate, its one of my favorite ice cream flavors.
Nothing beats chocolate and mint at Christmastime. The sound delicious!
oh my gosh-these sound sooo delish! I LOVE anything mint! i’m going to try these….thanks for sharing~!
these look yummy yummy!
Such simple ingredients! And they look delicious.
These cookies look so delicious! I like that they have mints in the middle,and I bet when you bite into them you taste the mint! I would like to make these cookies also! Thanks for the recipe!
These look delicious! I love anything with mints!!
looks yummy!
those cookies look so good,im going to make them for my husband for valentines
Those sound delicious! I’m definitely going to try them.