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Camp JIM Starlight Mint Surprise Cookies-Alma Frei Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Sift together.

Cream:
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla

Starlight mints, Andes mints or Mint Hershey Kisses
Directions:
Directions:
Cream sugars and butter. Add the rest of the wet ingredients. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours.

Open candies. I use one Andes mint for each cookie. I use about a tablespoon of dough per cookie. Enclose chocolate in dough. Place on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Top each with a half of walnut or pecan. Bake 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

I like to use the Andes mint with mint on the outside and chocolate in the middle. But they are hard to find.

I also read that if you bake your cookies at a high heat 400-425 for a shorter time they will be softer. I have tried it a couple of times and it does work.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Camp JIM in Brainerd Minnesota, was started by Uncle Arnold Frei. He had a burden for children's souls. He worked tirelessly to save any and all children who came to camp.

Camp JIM made a cookbook with a great number of wonderful recipes. I think it must have come out in the 50's. This recipe is from that cookbook. Also, the Poorman's Frosting was from this book.

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