Shelly's Recipe

MINT SURPRISE COOKIES

Category: Cookies

1 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour, sifted
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Chocolate mint candy wafers (used 2 13-ounce bags of York Peppermint Patties)
Walnut halves

Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs, water and vanilla; beat well. Sift dry ingredients and blend into mixture. Cover. Chill at least 2 hours.

Enclose each wafer with 1/2 tablespoon of chilled dough. Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Top each cookie with a walnut half. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

Yields about 3 dozen.