STARLIGHT MINT SURPRISE COOKIES

(This recipe is one my mother made frequently and it was a favorite in our family. I mentioned it to a friend with whom I'd grown up and she said it was her mother's recipe too. She thinks her mother gave it to my mother. Either way, it's a winner and honors two wonderful ladies. The mint wafers can be ordered from www.bakedeco.com and on Etsy, if not in your local stores.)



• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Sift together: 3 C sifted flour, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1/2 tsp salt.
• Cream together well: 1 C butter (half of it can be shorening), 1 C sugar (add in gradually), 1/2 C firmly packed light brown sugar.
• Blend in and beat well: 2 unbeaten eggs, 2 T water, 1 tsp vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients to wet ingrediets, beat well.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.
• To create cookie, put a Tbsp of dough on a greased cookie sheet.
• Set cookies 2" apart.
• Press a mint wafer in the center of each cookie.
• Wrap dough up and over the wafer.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes.