Snowball Surprise Cookies

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¾ Cup butter
½ Cup sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon vanilla
¼ teaspoon salt
1 ¾ Cup flour
Peanut M&M or other chocolate candies
Powdered sugar to use after snowballs have baked


In mixing bowl cream butter, sugar and egg together. Stir in vanilla, salt, and flour to creamed mixture and mix until well blended. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough into balls hiding a chocolate candy inside each ball. Place on cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes until bottoms are lightly browned. Move to cooling rack or sheet of waxed paper and cool several minutes. Roll each cookie in powdered sugar and place on serving platter. Enjoy! Makes about 30.
For a different variation of this recipe you can omit the chocolate candies and add in 1 Cup mini chocolate chips to the dough. Then form into balls and cook.

Credit:
Fun cold weather recipes for kids to warm up and enjoy this winter season.. (n.d.). Kids Cooking Activities helps teach kids to cook while they have fun 
          learning.. Retrieved December 4, 2010, from http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/cold-weather-recipes.html