Hidden Surprise Cookies
List of Ingredients
Makes About 30 Cookies
1/2 Cup Butter (no substitutes)
1/4 cup Butter-flavored Shortening
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 large Egg
2 Egg Yolks
2 teaspoon Vanilla
2 1/2 cups Flour
1/3 cup powdered Sugar, sifted
2 Tablespoon Cocoa
1 Tablespoon Butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon Almond Extract
Coarse Colored Sugar or Candy Sprinkles Recipe
In a mixing bowl, blend together the butter and shortening with an electric mixer on medium speed setting for about half a minute. Add the sugar, baking powder, and salt, blending the mixture again, until well combined. Beat in egg, egg yolks, and vanilla. Add the flour a little at a time, blending for as long as you can with the mixer; then, when the dough becomes too dense for the mixer, continue mixing with a wooden spoon.
Transfer 3/4 cup of the dough to a small bowl. Add powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and melted butter. Blend well. Shape the cocoa-flavored dough into about thirty 1-inch balls.
Blend the almond extract into the remaining cookie dough. Mold about 1 tablespoon of the almond-flavored dough around each cocoa ball. Roll gently to form a smooth round ball. Roll each ball in colored sugar or candy sprinkles as you go.
Place balls 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake in pre-heated 375 degree oven for 10-11 minutes, or until the bottoms of the cookies are lightly browned. Cool cookies on the baking sheet for 1 minute, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
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