Holiday Treats

This year we decided to make cookies for the Air Force Base Cookie Drive. It provides treats for all the military that are in the dorms and away from thier families over the holidays. We had fun all picking our favorite treats and making them for the service men and women. On the menu were:


Santa Surprises
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Pumpkin Bars
Sugar Cookies


All the recipes except the Santa Surprises came from the Better Homes and Gardens Red and White Cookbook that is my standby cookbook. The Santa Surprises were one I found in a magazine a long time ago. I apologize for not giving credit for these delicious little babies!

SO YUMMY!!!

Recipe for Santa Surprises:

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 egg

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 1/4 cups flour

package of mini snicker bars

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Directions:

Beat butter and sugars until combined. Add all other ingredients except snickers and chocolate chips and mix with beater. Shape dough into 1 inch balls (I use a pampered chef scooper that works perfect). Press in and wrap dough around the mini snicker. Bake @ 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes (until golden brown).

Melt chocolate chips in a glass bowl in the microwave. Cool a bit then put in plastic baggie, snip corner of bag with scissors and pipe chocolate onto tops of cookies.

These are so so so yum. I only make them at Christmas just because I could seriously eat a whole batch in one sitting!! Make with caution will ruin any diet you are on!!!

Stay tuned for the other cookie recipes!