Minty Wiches

By mamacook1

Ingredients

• 2/3 c shortning
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 (6oz) pkg semi-sweet its, melted
• 1/4 c light corn syrup
• 1 3/4 c sifted all purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Peppermint extract to taste
• sugar
• 3 boxes of chocolate covered thin peppermint patties.

Details

Servings 50

Preparation

Step 1

Combine first 3 ingredients until smooth. Add chocolate and corn syrup and blend. Sift flour, soda and salt together. Stir in chocolate mixture. Chill for several hours or overnight. Shape dough into balls about the size of a nickel and roll in sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. bake at 350* for 10-15 minutes. let stand on sheet for a minute before removing. Do not cool. Turn half of cookies upside down and place a peppermint patty on top. Top with a second cookie and as center starts to melt gently press together so that it becomes a sandwich cookie.