Best Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies Recipes

STARLIGHT MINT SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, salt, white sugar, butter or margarine, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla. Combine and mix at lowest speed until dough forms.
• Drop by scant teaspoons 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets. Press candy wafer on top of each - mold dough sides up around mint. Cover with scant teaspoons of dough. Top each with walnut half.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 9-12 minutes.

STARLIGHT MINT SURPRISE COOKIES

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.

STARLIGHT MINT SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Cream sugars and butter. Add eggs and vanilla.
• 2. Sift dry ingredients together and add eggs-sugar mixture to dry ingredients.
• 3. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Put a spoonful of dough down first. Add a mint and place another spoonful of dough on top of mint. Press lightly to seal the mint surprise.
• 4. On to dough press a full half walnut or two quarter peices. Bake at 350 degres oven for 10 minutes. Cool slightly before removing to a cooling rack.

STARLIGHT MINT SURPRISE COOKIES

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°.

STARLIGHT MINT SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine sugar, brown sugar, margarine, water, vanilla and eggs blend well. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt mix well. Add to sugar mixture mix at low speed until well blended. Cover with plastic wrap refrigerate at least 2 hours for easier handling.Heat oven to 375°F. Using about 1 tablespoon dough, press dough around each candy wafer to cover completely. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Top each with walnut half.Bake at 375°F. for 7 to 9 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets.HIGH ALTITUDE - Above 3,500 feet: No change.Nutrition Per Serving (1 cookie): Calories 110 Protein 2g Carbohydrate 14g Fat 6g Sodium 65mgFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.