Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  1                cup  unsalted butter -- softened
  2 1/4           cups  all-purpose flour
     1/3           cup  confectioners'sugar -- sifted
  1         tablespoon  pure vanilla extract
  1         tablespoon  water
  36              thin  layered chocolate
                        mint wafers -- (or other
                        flavor miniature
                        chocolates) -- unwrapped
                        ***ICING***
                        confectioners' sugar
                        milk
                        food color -- colored
                        sprinkles as desired

Preparation:

Preparation time: 2 hours Cooking time: 15 to 20 minutes 1. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Have ready ungreased baking sheets. 2. Beat butter in large bowl of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in half of the flour, the sugar, vanilla and water until thoroughly combined. Beat in the remaining flour. 3. Use a scant 1 tablespoon of dough and press it flat and thin with your hands. Put a chocolate mint wafer in the center and fold the dough over to completely cover each chocolate and to form a neat, rectangular package. Pinch the edges to seal. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. 4. Bake until bottoms are lightly browned, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool a few minutes on the baking sheets and then cool completely on wire racks. 5. For icing, mix confectioners' sugar and milk to make a thin icing; color icing as desired. Use a small spatula to ice cookies. Decorate as desired so cookies resemble Christmas package

Nutritional Information:

74 Calories (kcal); 5g Total Fat; (63% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 14mg Cholesterol; 1mg Sodium