by Caitlin Saniga
Beat margarine, shortening, sugar and egg in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed, or mix with a spoon. Stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until dough is firm.
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Roll half of the dough into a 13-by-9 rectangle, on lightly floured surface. (See note below.) Place mints on dough. Roll remaining dough into 13-byy-9 rectangle on floured wax paper. Place over mint-covered dough. Cut dough between mints with pastry wheel, pizza cutter or knife; press edges of each ravioli with fork to seal. Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 7-9 minutes or until golden. Remove from cookie sheet to cool on wire rack.
Note: No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t roll the dough into perfect 13-by-9 rectangles. So I rolled the dough to be about 1/8-inch thick (into a big, ambiguous shape) and cut out the dough so it was double-long and could be folded on itself to cover the mints. I’d cut out the dough for mints one at a time and place the mint on one end of the dough and fold the other end of dough over. I kept cutting off extra dough, clumping it back together and rolling it out until I had all my ravioli made. And, what do you know, I had just enough dough for all 36 mints!
Makes 36 cookies.
Recipe: Betty Crocker Cookie Book
Photos: Caitlin Saniga
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To me, nothing is better than a little pocket pastry, whether savory or sweet. These look divine. In my weekend cookie-baking mania, these will definitely be on the list.
Caitlin – these look so, so good! Jackie saw them this morning and sent me to your site. Just wanted to remind you that you and Sarah have two big fans in Vegas!
I’m not going to lie. I spent more time and effort making these cookies than I wanted. But when they were finished, they were so darn fun to eat and share.
Erin! Jackie told me about your Spanakopita cups cooking adventure. Keep cooking! And I told her what I’ll tell you: You can call the help line (my cell) any time!
So glad i found this blog and recipe. I had a recipe similar to it, but it got lost. I missed these cookies last Christmas. Now I can resume making them. Thanks again.
Glad to help you reconnect with this delicious recipe, Becky! I hope the cookies turn out to your liking. 🙂
— Caitlin