Snickers Cookies Jan Peterson
2 ½ cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup cocoa
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup chopped nuts
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, cocoa and baking soda. Mix well. In large bowl beat 1 cup sugar with brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs and beat well. Add flour mixture and blend. Stir in ½ cup of nuts. For each cookie, shape about 1 heaping Tablespoon of dough around 1 bite size snickers candy (I used small bars and cut into 4 pcs.) covering completely. In small bowl, combine remaining nuts, ground up pretty fine, with 1 Tbsp. sugar. Press 1 side of each ball into the nut mixture and place, nut side up, two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 7 to 10 minutes until set and slightly cracked. Cool 2 minutes and remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely. These are very addicting--use caution. Note: I used ½ cup crisco (butter flavor) in place of part of the butter because I think it makes cookies a little more crispy.)