* Exported from MasterCook * Peppermint Candy Cookies Recipe By : Frugal Gourmet's Christmas, Oct 29, 1996 Serving Size : 36 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Cookies Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 1 c Butter -- softened 1/2l c Confectioner's sugar 1 ts Vanilla 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour 1/2 c Walnuts -- chopped Candy Mixture: 1/4 lb Peppermint candy -- crushed 1/2 c Confectioner's sugar Filling: 2 tb Cream cheese -- softened 1 ts Milk 1 dr Red food coloring 1/2 c Confectioner's sugar 3 tb Candy mixture -- see above Cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla together until fluffy. Add the flour and walnuts and blend to form dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour. Candy Mixture: In a small bowl combine both ingredients. Set aside. 3 tb of this mixture is used in the filling and the remainder is used to garnish the cookies. Filling: In a bowl blend together the cream cheese, milk, food coloring, and the confectioners' sugar until smooth. Blend in 3 tb of the cnady mixture. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and for each cookie pinch off a rounded 1 ts dough. Form into a ball and shape around your thumb to make a little compartment in the middle. Place about 1/4 ts cream cheese filling in the depression. Pinch the dough back together and roll it back into a ball. Repeat the process with the remaining dough and filling. Place the balls on a nonstick cookie sheet. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 10 to 12 minutes. Do not brown. Remove cookies to a cooling rack. To garnish, roll the cooled cookies in the remaining candy mixture. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -