Epiphany Christmas Cookies Aka Wisemen Gifts Food

EPIPHANY / CHRISTMAS COOKIES AKA: WISEMEN GIFTS

Steps:

• Combine butters and sugars until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one-at-a-time and blend well, then add vanilla.
• In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients, add to butter-egg mixture, mixing well to blend.
• Cover dough; chill for 2-3 hours.
• Unwrap chocolates (hide them from the kids and practice restraint in snitching!).
• Preheat oven to 325. Grease two cookie sheets.
• Divide dough into 1 tablespoon pieces, roll into a ball and flatten in hand.
• Place one piece of chocolate candy in center, pull cookie dough up and around, forming a ball shape.
• Place on cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
• 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:.
• Set 1 over each cookie: spiral around the top; immediately sprinkle with one of the colored sugars.
• Set 2 over each cookie: make a stylized flower shape (like a daisy or a posy); sprinkle with one of the other colors.
• Set 3: make a criss-cross woven shape; sprinkle with remaining colored sugar.
• Set cookies aside in a single layer to dry.
• Store in covered container with waxed paper between layers.
• 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?.
• 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.