MInt Candy-Filled Cookies Tickle Your Fancy?

Once again we're going to tap into minty Irishman and give you a fancy recipe that is in fact a cinch to make... You can't go wrong with faux hard work.


Mint Candy-Filled Cookies


INGREDIENTS
Cookies
1  roll (16.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated sugar cookies
3/4  cup chopped unwrapped thin rectangular créme de menthe candies

Frosting
2 1/4  cups powdered sugar
1/4  cup butter or margarine, softened
1 to 2 drops green food color, if desired
2  to 3 tablespoons milk

Garnish
24  thin rectangular créme de menthe candies, unwrapped

DIRECTIONS
1 Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in 3/4 cup chopped candies. Shape teaspoons of dough into balls; place 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. 2 Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until set and edges are light golden brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. 3 In small bowl, mix frosting ingredients until smooth, adding enough milk 1 teaspoon at a time until desired spreading consistency. Spread 1 teaspoon frosting on each cooled cookie. Cut each créme de menthe candy in half crosswise; cut each half diagonally into 2 triangles. Garnish each cookie with 2 candy triangles to form a tree.

For added color, roll the balls of dough in green sugar before baking.