Holiday Cookie Surprises
Contributed by: NAPSA
Holiday Baking With Your Kids
(NAPSA) - Kids love to help with holiday preparations, especially those that let them use their creativity. Baking up some tasty holiday treats together delivers the gift of memories and a delicious gift to share with family and friends.
Even the smallest tots will be able to help with Holiday Cookie Surprises. The buttery, melt-in-your-mouth oatmeal cookie dough is molded around a candy-coated chocolate piece, gumdrop or other sweet "surprise," then rolled in colored sugar crystals or sprinkles and baked.
For gift giving, make cookie bundles-arrange cookies in the center of a square of food-safe wrap, form into a bundle and tie with a ribbon.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 11/4 cups Quaker oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
- Approx. 48 assorted bite-size candies
- Colored sugar or sprinkles
Directions:
Heat oven to 325 F.
Beat butter and sugar until creamy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Add combined flour, oats and salt; mix well.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Press candy piece into center of each ball; shape dough around candy so it is completely hidden. Roll cookies in colored sugar until evenly coated.
Place 1 1/2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 14 to 17 minutes or until set.
Cool completely on wire rack. Store tightly covered.
Serving Size: Makes About 4 Dozen Cookies
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