Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies Recipe

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Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies
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Ingredients:

  • 3 1/4 cups sifted pillsbury's best enriched flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp water
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 (9 1/2 oz) package andes mints candies
  • walnut halves

Directions:

  1. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
  2. Cream together the butter and Crisco.
  3. Add sugars and mix well. Add unbeaten eggs, water and vanilla and mix well.
  4. Blend in the dry ingredients and mix well.
  5. Chill dough.
  6. Open and unwrap the chocolate mint wafers (Eight O'Clock or Andres)
  7. Enclose each wafer in about 1 Tablespoon of dough and top each cookie with a walnut half.
  8. Place on ungreased baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
  9. Bake in moderate oven (recipe says 375°)for 10-12 minutes. You might consider a moderate oven to be 350°.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 330.96 Kcal (1386 kJ)
Calories from fat 165.65 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.41g 28%
Cholesterol 95.23mg 32%
Sodium 434.64mg 18%
Potassium 50.64mg 1%
Total Carbs 40.94g 14%
Sugars 39.96g 160%
Dietary Fiber 0.12g 0%
Protein 2.34g 5%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 0.5mg 3%
Calcium 33.8mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 396.16 Kcal (1659 kJ)
Calories from fat 198.28 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.03g 28%
Cholesterol 113.99mg 32%
Sodium 520.27mg 18%
Potassium 60.62mg 1%
Total Carbs 49.01g 14%
Sugars 47.83g 160%
Dietary Fiber 0.15g 0%
Protein 2.81g 5%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 0.6mg 3%
Calcium 40.5mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.1
    Points
  • 9
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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