Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup brown sugar packed
• 1 cup butter softened
• 100  chocolate mint wafer candies 
• 2  eggs 
• 3 cups flour all-purpose
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 100  walnut halves 
• 1 cup sugar white

Equipment

• baking sheet
• oven

Directions

1. Combine flour, baking soda, salt, white sugar, butter or margarine, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla.
2. Combine and mix at lowest speed until dough forms.
3. Drop by scant teaspoons 2 inches apart on greased cookie sheets. Press candy wafer on top of each - mold dough sides up around mint. Cover with scant teaspoons of dough. Top each with walnut half.
4. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 9-12 minutes.