Description
A recipe for Santa's Surprises

Ingredients

• 2 sticks butter (softened)
  
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  
• 1 cup light brown sugar
  
• 1 cup sugar
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
  
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (sifted)
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1 bag Snickers Miniatures
  
• Powdered Sugar
  
• 1 bag Dove Milk or Dark Chocolate Gifts, optional

Preparation
Combine butter, peanut butter and sugars using a mixer on medium to low speed until light and fluffy.

Slowly add eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Then mix in flour, salt and baking soda.

Cover and chill dough for 2 to 3 hours.

Unwrap each Miniature.

Remove dough from refrigerator. Divide into 1 tablespoon pieces and flatten.

Place one Miniature in the center of each piece of dough.

Form dough into a ball around each Miniature.

Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 325°F for 10 to 12 minutes. (Baking time and temperature may need to be adjusted if using more than 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie.)

Let cookies cool on baking rack or waxed paper. Sift powdered sugar on top of cookies.

Nutrition
no information available

Serves
Makes 2 dozen cookies.

Variations
(Holiday Hint: Spruce up Santa's surprise by drizzling melted Milk or Dark Chocolate Gifts over top of each cookie. Recipe can also be made with 1 batch prepared peanut butter cookie dough.)