Busters Recipes

Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies

Melt 12 to 18 oz. of mint flavored chocolate chips in a double boiler.
While hot, drop with the point of a teaspoon onto waxed paper and then
chill, to make flat chocolate mints for the cookies. They should be
slightly smaller than your cookie cutter.

Sift:

3 C. flour,
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda
and set aside

Cream:

1 C. shortening (I use half and half butter and Crisco)
1 C. sugar
1/2 C. brown sugar
2 unbeaten eggs
2 T. water
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix dry ingredients into creamed ingredients. Chill for 2 hours or
more (can be in fridge overnight). Divide dough into fourths, and
roll out one-fourth at a time. Cut with your favorite cutter, or a
round cutter. Place 1/2 of cut outs on lightly greased cookie sheet;
top with a flat mint wafer, and put another cut out on top, completely
enclosing the mint. Top with a pecan or walnut half, or leave plain
to frost later. Bake in moderate oven (375 or a little less) for
10-12 minutes.

I put a dollop of light green mint frosting on top the baked cookie.
You can also sprinkle some decorate sugar on top before baking.

No matter how many of these I make, the kids never get tired of them.