From the outside, it looks like an ordinary cookie. From the inside … Surprise!
As the holidays approach, a season of cooking-baking is upon us.
And, to get us started, Barb Averett of Amelia, Ohio sent us this delicious family recipe.
Barb and her six siblings grew up in the 1950s. “There was always a lot of baking going on at our house to keep both lunch boxes and hungry children full,” she said. “Everything was always baked from scratch … nothing store bought for us.”
Around Christmas, her mother made Mint Surprise Cookies — a simple vanilla cookie wrapped around dark chocolate wafers.
Over the years, finding the wafers in stores, she said, has proven more difficult.
Last week, a quick internet search helped her find Wolfgang Candy.
She ordered her fill of our Dark Chocolate Mints and plans to continue her mother’s cookie tradition for the special people in her life.
“I could not be more delighted that I have found your dark chocolate mint wafers,” she said. “I hope you will share my recipe.”
And, through December 2013, our Dark Chocolate Mint wafers are BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE through our online store.
(Tip: You can also save on Dark Chocolate Mints and other favorites when you buy this four-story tower in our holiday gifts section.)
DARK CHOCOLATE MINT SURPRISE COOKIES
Ingredients:
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Wolfgang Dark Chocolate Mints (12 oz)
- walnut halves (optional)
Directions
1. Sift flour, soda and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
Pinch the dough around the dark chocolate mint wafers.
2. In another bowl, cream butter, sugar and shortening. Add eggs, water and vanilla.
3. Blend the wet mixture with the dry ingredients gradually. Mix thoroughly.
4. Shape dough into rolls 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap in wax paper. Chill at least four hours.
5. Take a chilled ball of dough and flatten in the palm of your hand. Put 2 mints back-to-back in the center of the dough and wrap the dough around the mints. Top each ball with a walnut, if desired.
6. Place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375° for nine to 11 minutes.
Voila! The finished product. Your guests will be wowed as they bite into the delicious, chocolatey center.
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