Snickers Cookies Jan Peterson

2 ½ cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda

1 cup brown sugar 1 cup butter

2 tsp. vanilla 3/4 cup cocoa

1 cup sugar 2 eggs

1 cup chopped nuts

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Combine flour, cocoa and baking soda. Mix well. In large bowl beat 1 cup sugar with brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs and beat well. Add flour mixture and blend. Stir in ½ cup of nuts. For each cookie, shape about 1 heaping Tablespoon of dough around 1 bite size snickers candy (I used small bars and cut into 4 pcs.) covering completely. In small bowl, combine remaining nuts, ground up pretty fine, with 1 Tbsp. sugar. Press 1 side of each ball into the nut mixture and place, nut side up, two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 7 to 10 minutes until set and slightly cracked. Cool 2 minutes and remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely. These are very addicting--use caution. Note: I used ½ cup crisco (butter flavor) in place of part of the butter because I think it makes cookies a little more crispy.)