Cookie Exchange

I got an e-mail from a neighbor that they were going to meet at her house on Saturday for a "Cookie exchange." I'm there! I brought 3 dozen cookies and took home 3 dozen cookies. Then you're suppose have a variety of cookies to give to neighbors as gifts but I brought mine home and we all ate them during the weekend. I made "Peanut Sitting Pretties" from Jon's Mom's recipe. They're just so festive looking. They kind of take a long time but they taste SO good.

Peanut Sitting Pretties

1 ½ C. butter

¾ C. brown sugar

3 eggs

2 t. vanilla

3 C. flour

¾ t. salt

Finely chopped walnuts

Vanilla frosting

Peanut M&M’s

Blend butter and sugar in bowl. Divide eggs from the yolks. Set the whites aside. Stir in egg yolks and vanilla. Add flour and salt. Mix well and chill for 1 hour. Roll into 1” balls. Dip into slightly beaten egg whites. Roll in nuts. Place 1” apart and bake at 350 for 5 minutes. Press thumb in center of each cookie. Bake 5 more minutes. Cool. Fill center with frosting, top with M & M. Makes 4 dozen.