Christmas Surprise Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 sticks butter softened
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour sifted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 package (13 oz) Snickers Brand Miniatures (I found these at Wal-Mart in the Candy Section)
• *NOTE below

Method

Combine the butter, peanut butter and sugars using a mixer on a medium to low speed until light and fluffy. Slowly add eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Then min in flour, slat and baking soda. Cover and chill dough for 2 hours. Unwrap all the snicker brand miniatures. Remove dough from refrigerator. Divide into 1 tablespoon pieces and flatten. Place a snicker in the center of each piece of dough and form into a ball around the snicker. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 300°F for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cookies cool on a baking rack.

You can decorate these cookies with powdered sugar or drizzle chocolate over the top, but I found they were delicious without the decorations.

*NOTE: My granddaughter is allergic to peanuts, and I wanted to make her these surprise cookies. So I took my favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe and made it, the only change I made was I put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours after I mixed the dough. I used the Mars Bars Miniatures instead of the snickers. They turned out delicious. A big hit in our household.

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