Cocoa Mint Hideaways

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups butter, no substitutes
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 32 small peppermint patties (york miniatures)

Recipe

• 1 cream together sugar and butter.
• 2 add eggs one at a time mixing well between each.
• 3 beat in vanilla.
• 4 combine the dry ingredients and add gradually to the creamed mixture.
• 5 drop by tablespoonfuls on to cookie sheet.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees until the cookies puff and crack on the top.
• 7 let cool for 1 minute.
• 8 take half of the cookies and invert on foil sheets.
• 9 immediately place one of the patties on each cookie and top with the remaining cookies.
• 10 press lightly to seal.
• 11 i like to use a cookie cutter after they have been sandwiched to make nice uniform circles.