Best Easy Mint Surprise Cookies Recipes

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MINT SURPRISE COOKIES



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This cookie is a Christmas tradition started by my grandmother. She used to always mail them along with her "Minnesota Bars" (#162331). I have a note on the recipe card that it was originally a winner in Pillsbury's 1st Grand National by Miss Laura Rott of Naperville, Illinois. (One bite and you'll know why it won.) The original recipe called for one package of Rockwood Chocolate Mint Wafers. I've never been able to find them in the store so I use Andes Mint Baking Pieces. I'm sure you could also melt regular chocolate chips and add a little mint flavoring as well. I posted the "refrigerator cookie" method because I think it's easier. You can also chill dough for just two hours, then enclose chocolate in 1 tbsp. of dough. Bake according to directions. COOKING TIME INCLUDES FOUR HOURS OF CHILLING.

Provided by Julie

Categories     Dessert

Time 4h25m

Yield 24 Cookies, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter (1/2 shortening okay)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (10 ounce) package andes mint chocolate chips
walnut halves

Steps:

  • Sift flour, soda, and salt.
  • Cream butter and sugar well.
  • Add eggs, water, and vanilla.
  • Blend in dry ingredients gradually; mix thoroughly.
  • Shape dough into rolls 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Wrap in wax paper. Chill at least four hours.
  • Meanwhile, melt chocolate and cut into small, round wafers (the shape isn't so important -- just enough to fill the center of the cookie).
  • Cut dough in slices 1/8" thick. Place on cookie sheet. Top one slice of dough with chocolate wafer. Cover with second slice and seal edges.
  • Top with walnut half.
  • Bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes.

STARLIGHT MINT SURPRISE COOKIES



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These cookies won $10,000 for Miss Laura Rott from Naperville, Illinois in a long ago Pillsbury Baking Contest. I can remember my mother making them for us and how good they were. I still have the original recipe that my mother used and since the paper is becoming a little brittle, I'm going to copy it here so I won't damage the original.

Provided by Irish Rose

Categories     Dessert

Time 25m

Yield 4 1/2 dozen, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

3 1/4 cups sifted pillsbury's best enriched flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup Crisco
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (9 1/2 ounce) package Andes mints candies
walnut halves

Steps:

  • Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
  • Cream together the butter and Crisco.
  • Add sugars and mix well. Add unbeaten eggs, water and vanilla and mix well.
  • Blend in the dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Chill dough.
  • Open and unwrap the chocolate mint wafers (Eight O'Clock or Andres)
  • Enclose each wafer in about 1 Tablespoon of dough and top each cookie with a walnut half.
  • Place on ungreased baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
  • Bake in moderate oven (recipe says 375°)for 10-12 minutes. You might consider a moderate oven to be 350°.

SURPRISE PACKAGE COOKIES



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"Each 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."

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 40m

Yield about 3 1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
65 Andes mint candies

Steps:

  • Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and eggs, one at a time. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Refrigerate, covered, until dough is firm enough to shape, about 2 hours. , Preheat oven to 375°. With floured hands, wrap tablespoonfuls of dough around mints (about 42) to form rectangular cookies, covering completely with dough. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets., Bake until edges are golden brown, 10-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely., In a microwave or saucepan, melt remaining mints; drizzle over cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 124 calories, Fat 6g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 18mg cholesterol, Sodium 71mg sodium, Carbohydrate 16g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

EASY MINT SURPRISE COOKIES



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With No time for Nana's homemade cookie recipe, I improvised and re-created an easy version of one of our favorite cookies.

Provided by Michelle Wolf

Categories     Other Desserts

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 2

2 pkg pilsbury sugar cookie dough
2 pkg andies chocolate mints

Steps:

  • 1. pre heat oven to recommended temperature on cookie dough package.
  • 2. Roll cookie dough by the teaspoonful into balls and wrap around each individual mint-(reserve some mints for garnish). Bake 8-10 min or until golden.
  • 3. Garnish: melt remaining mints in ten second intervals in microwave until smooth, drizzle onto cooled cookies

STARLIGHT MINT SURPRISE COOKIES



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A really good sugar cookie with a mint surprise! My Mom would make these for special occasions. I also remember feeling special when sharing these when she had her afternoon tea...they are really yummy! )Time est. does not include the dough chilling)

Provided by LiisaN

Categories     Dessert

Time 24m

Yield 4 1/2 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 10

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
10 ounces chocolate-covered mint candies, wafer-discs, any mint chocolate candies (sometimes I use Andes mints)
halved walnuts

Steps:

  • Sift together the flour,baking soda and salt.
  • Cream the butter, sugars.
  • Add the eggs, vanilla- beat well.
  • Blend in the dry ingredients.
  • Cover and chill at least two hours or overnight.
  • Take a tablespoon size amount of dough and enclose/conceal mint in dough.
  • Place on ungreased baking sheet.
  • Place walnut half on top.
  • Bake at 375° for 9-12 minutes.

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