Epiphany / Christmas Cookies Aka: Wisemen Gifts

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (16 ounce) bag candy bars, bite size (dove, reeses, andes mints, milky way, or snickers)
• buttercream frosting
• 2 1/4 ounces yellow sugar (gold)
• 2 1/4 ounces blue sugar (frankincense)
• 2 1/4 ounces red sugar (myrrh)

Recipe

• 1 combine butters and sugars until light and fluffy.
• 2 add eggs one-at-a-time and blend well, then add vanilla.
• 3 in a large bowl, mix dry ingredients, add to butter-egg mixture, mixing well to blend.
• 4 cover dough; chill for 2-3 hours.
• 5 unwrap chocolates (hide them from the kids and practice restraint in snitching!).
• 6 preheat oven to 325. grease two cookie sheets.
• 7 divide dough into 1 tablespoon pieces, roll into a ball and flatten in hand.
• 8 place one piece of chocolate candy in center, pull cookie dough up and around, forming a ball shape.
• 9 place on cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes. cool on wire rack.
• 10 divide cooled cookies into three equal sets. using a cake decorator "writing" tip or a zipper bag with the corner cut off, filled with butter cream frosting, decorate the tops of the sets as follows:.
• 11 set 1 over each cookie: spiral around the top; immediately sprinkle with one of the colored sugars.
• 12 set 2 over each cookie: make a stylized flower shape (like a daisy or a posy); sprinkle with one of the other colors.
• 13 set 3: make a criss-cross woven shape; sprinkle with remaining colored sugar.
• 14 set cookies aside in a single layer to dry.
• 15 store in covered container with waxed paper between layers.
• 16 serving: include some of each color and remember the wonderful gifts of love presented to jesus by the magi from the east. and what gift have you given to the lord?.
• 17 brilliant idea: place the reeses right side up for one shape and upside down for another. dove bars are simply the b-e-s-t and shouldn't be squandered on wishy-washy chocolate lovers.