STARLIGHT MINT SUR PRISE COOKIES:

Yield: Makes. about 4½ dozen cookies.

Ingredients

• 3 cups sifted flour;
• 1 teaspoon soda;
• ½ teaspoon salt;
• 1 cup butter (half shortening may be used)
• 1 cup sugar;
• ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar;
• 2 eggs, unbeaten;
• 1 teaspoon vanilla, beat well.
• 1 package (9) oz. Rockwood chocolate mint wafers.
• a pecan or a walnut half.

Directions

1. Sift: 3 cups sifted flour; 1 teaspoon soda; ½ teaspoon salt;
2. Cream: 1 cup butter (half shortening may be used)
3. Add gradually; 1 cup sugar; ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar; Creaming well.
4. Blend in: 2 eggs, unbeaten; 1 teaspoon vanilla, beat well.
5. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours.
6. Open; 1 package (9) oz. Rockwood chocolate mint wafers. Enclose each wafer in about 1 tablespoon of chilled dough.
7. Place: on greased baking sheet, about 2in. apart.
8. Top: each cookie with a pecan or a walnut half.
9. Bake: in moderate oven (375 degree) 10 to 12 minutes.. Makes. about 4½ dozen cookies.

Timing

• refrigerate 2 hours
• 10 to 12 minutes

Temperature

• refrigerate; chilled dough; moderate oven (375 degree)

Equipment

• greased baking sheet; moderate oven

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