1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup ground nuts (optional)
Filling
2 TBS. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 tsp. milk
3 TBS. crushed peppermint candy (candy canes)
1 drop red food coloring
Topping
1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
In a mixing bowl, cream butter & sugar. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour. Stir in nuts if desired. Knead dough until pliable. Cover & refrigerate for about an hour.
In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, milk, candy & food color. Roll your dough into 1 inch balls. Poke a deep hole in the center with the back end of a wooden spoon and fill hole with 1/4 teaspoon of filling. Pinch hole and reroll into ball.
Roll balls in your topping mixture. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12 - 14 minutes on 350F. Remove from oven, while still hot, reroll into topping mixture. Makes about 3 1/2 dozen.
Always happy to learn of a new sweet treat that I hadnt previously discovered!!
I have decided that for the month of December I am not diabetic. Might feel ill for some of it, but least it will be tasty!! yumyum
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