Santas Snickers Brand Surprises Recipes

Steps:

• 1. In a large mixing bowl, cream together butter, peanut butter and sugars. Beat until smooth & creamy.
• 2. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well.
• 3. In a separate bowl, sift flour, and combine with baking soda and salt. Add dry ingredients slowly to the peanut butter mixture. Beat until thoroughly combined.
• 4. Cover dough and chill 3-4 hours or overnight.
• 5. Unwrap miniature snicker candy. Set aside. Use one tablespoon of dough and form in a ball. (Each ball should be about 1.5 inches in diameter) Flatten the ball, place a candy in the center and wrap dough around it, pinching as necessary. Be sure the candy is completely covered. Roll back into a ball. Repeat with each piece of candy and dough ball. Place dough balls with candy on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Space cookies about 3 inches apart. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. If you want crunchier cookies, bake about 5 min more. Allow cookies to cool about 5 minutes before removing from pan.
• 6. Allow cookies to cool. When all cookies are baked and cooled, place them close together on waxed paper or parchment paper on a large work surface. Sprinkle with sifted powdered sugar. Melt chocolate with 1/2 tsp shortening for about a minute in microwave. Stir, add additional time if needed to thoroughly melt. Immediately drizzle chocolate over cookies. ( I use a spoon and move quickly back and forth over the cookies to create smaller drizzle marks.). Let chocolate set before storing.

Steps:

• Combine the butter, peanut butter,and sugars using a mixer on a medium low speed until light and fluffy.
• Slowly add eggs and vanilla until thoroughly combined. Then mix in flower, salt, and baking soda.
• Cover up and chill dough for 2-3 hours.
• Remove dough from refrigerator. Divide into 1 tablespoon pieces and flatten.
• Place a snickers brand miniature in the center of each piece of dough.
• Form the dough in a ball around each snicker brand miniature.
• Place each on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 325° for 10-12 minutes (baking time and temperature may need to be ajusted if using more than one tablespoon of dough per cookie).
• Let cookies cool on baking rack or wax paper. (holiday hint: spruce up santa's surprise by drizzling melted Dove brand milk or dark chocolate gifts over the top of each cookie.

Steps:

• 1. Beat together butter, peanut butter and sugars with an electric mixer on low to medium speed until light and fluffy. Slowly add the eggs and vanilla, beating until well mixed. Then mix in the flour, baking soda and salt.
• 2. Cover and chill dough in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
• 3. Preheat oven to 325°F. Remove dough from refrigerator. Divide dough into 1-tablespoon pieces and flatten each dough piece. Unwrap enough candies for the amount of dough pieces and then place a candy in the center of each piece of dough. Form dough into a ball around each candy.
• 4. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. If desired, sprinkle cookies with powdered sugar. (Optional: Melt baking chocolate and drizzle over the tops of the baked cookies.)

Steps:

• Combine the 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, baking soda and salt. Cover and chill dough for 2-3 hours. Unwrap all Snickers. Remove dough from refrigerator. Divide into tablespoon size pieces and flatten. Place a Snickers in the center of each piece of dough. Form the dough into a ball around each Snicker. Place on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 325 for 10-12 minutes. Let cookies cool on baking rack. Drizzle with melted chocolate.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle., Roll dough into 1-1/4-in. balls. Press a candy bar into each; reshape balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. , Bake at 325° for 10-14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. , In a microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate candies and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Let stand until set.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.
• In a large bowl, mix together butter, peanut butter, and sugars until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs and vanilla and combine thoroughly.
• Then mix in flour mixture.
• Cover and chill dough 2-3 hours.
• To form cookie, scoop a tablespoon of chilled dough and flatten.
• Place a miniature Snickers in the center and form the dough into a ball around the Snickers.
• Place on a greased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10-20 minutes.
• Cool cookies on a rack.
• Optional: Decorate cookies with powdered sugar or drizzled melted chocolate or both.