Pink & Purple Cookies ...

We don't have too much pink & purple in the house. We started out with 2 boys, after all. But we have some sweet neighbor girls who walk over some of their retired girly stuff after it's decided that they've grown out of it. A couple weeks ago, Libby got a PRINCESS BIKE with training wheels. Complete with elbow & knee pads and a little zipper pouch with packets of Neosporin & Hello Kitty band-aids. Libby's all set for when she learns how to ride a bike ... which I'm guessing will be soon.

We made some cookies yesterday to thank our sweet neighbor girls. We made them with pink & purple icing, for all the pink & purple that they've brought to this house. :) These are actually supposed to be Bon-Bon Cookies ... but I'm guessing the butter had softened too much. They were more a regular cookie shape, than they were a Bon-Bon. But ... they still contained the surprise in the middle.

Semi-sweet chocolate, white chocolate, Andes mints ... and my favorite, the butterscotch chips. My sister Becky discovered this recipe LONG AGO [like over 10 years ago] ... I think they were made for both my wedding shower and one of my baby showers [but I know she'd been making them even before that]. I have since made dozens & dozens of dozens & dozens of these cookies.

And they don't just LOOK good. They taste ... OMG ... divine. And as a bonus ... there are no eggs in the dough, so you can eat as much dough as you want without the worry of salmonella. Happy Baking! :)

Bon Bon Cookies

Cookie Dough:

1/2 c butter or margarine

3/4 c powdered sugar

1 Tbs vanilla

1 1/2 c all-purpose flour

1/8 tsp salt

milk; if needed

Fillings:

Chocolate, white chocolate, peanut butter or butterscotch chips

Toffee bits

candied cherries

nuts

Icing:

1 c sifted powdered sugar

2 Tbs milk

1 tsp vanilla

food coloring, optional

Toppings:

sprinkles

colored sugar

chopped nuts

coconut

Instructions

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

1. Make the cookie dough: Mix butter, sugar & vanilla.

2. Blend flour and salt in to butter sugar mixture thoroughly with hand. If dough is dry, add 1- 2 tablespoons milk.

3. For cookies: take a rounded tablespoon (approx) of cookie dough & roll into ball. Flatten in hand & sprinkle filling in the center. (for choc.chips put 5-6 chips in center) Then roll back into a ball & place on cookie sheet.

4. Bake 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet 12-15 minutes, or until set but not brown.

5. For icing: Mix powdered sugar, milk, vanilla and food coloring, if using. (It's cute to divide icing into a few different bowls & dye them all different colors) To make chocolate icing add 1 square melted unsweetened chocolate (1 ounce) instead of food coloring.

6. When cookies are cool, dip tops in icing. Decorate each cookie with 1 of the toppings suggested above.