MERRY SUGAR COOKIES

By curly

Ingredients

• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• One 9-oz. pkg. (1 1/2 cups) Nestle semi-sweet chocolate Merry Morsels, divided

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

• Preheat oven to 375 F. In small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
• In large mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Gradually beat in flour mixture. (Batter will be stiff.) Stir in 1 cup Nestle Toll House semi-sweet chocolate Merry Morsels. Roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls; place on ungreased cookie sheets. Gently press 3 or 4 of the remaining Merry Morsels on top of cookies.
• Bake 8-10 minutes or until cookies are puffed and slightly golden at edges. Let stand on cookie sheets 2 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets; cool