Recently, my friend, Kristy was telling me that her mom reads our blogs and has a few questions for me, but is too intimidated to leave a comment, since I don't actually know her.

Mrs. Kent, leave all the comments you want, we might as well know each other!  Besides, there are only a few people who read this blog, so I need all the comments I can get! :)

So one of the questions that needed answering was my Granny's recipe for Mint-Chocolate Pillows... here it is.

Blend together: 1 cup unsalted butter (or 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup shortening) and 3/4 c sugar

Beat in until creamy: 1 egg and 2 teaspoons of vanilla

Then add: 2 1/2 cups flour and 1/2/teaspoon salt

Press half the dough through a saw tooth plate on a cookie press or roll and cut into 2 inch strips. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Place pieces of chocolate cany bars (Andes Mints are my fav.) about 1/2 inch apart on the dough strips.

The following is what the strip of dough should look like with the chocolate in place.

Using second half of the dough, press another strip of dough over the candy and bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

When it comes out of the oven it will look kind of like this with the chocolate melting out the ends.

While warm, cut into pieces so that each cookie has one piece of chocolate in it.

They are best if you let them cool completely before eating... I hope you enjoy them, they are my favorite!