Snowballs ( Cookies )

Submitted by hungrykitten

"From a Nestle ad."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 42 cookies

ingredients

• FILLING

• 1 cup nestle peanut butter chips
• 1⁄2 cup Nestle semi-sweet chocolate chip
• 1⁄4 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄4 cup finely chopped salted peanuts

• COOKIE

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄4 cups butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• confectioners' sugar

directions

1. Filling: Melt over hot (not boilng) water (or microwave) the 2 kinds of chips; stir until smooth. Remove from heat. Add confectioner's sugar and peanuts; mix well. Chill until firm enough to shape. Roll into 3/4 inch balls. Set aside.
2. Cookie: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a bowl, combine flour, butter and vanilla; knead until well blended. Shape into one 11 inch log; cut into 1/4 inch slices. Shape each dough slice around filling. Roll into a ball and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool. Roll in confectioner's sugar.