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Baby Ruth Cookies

Author: MerryCarey of Massachusetts

Ingredients

  • cup butter or shortening
  • cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • tsp salt
  • tsp baking soda
  • tsp vanilla extract
  • 1¼ cups flour
  • 1 cup Baby Ruth candy bars cut into small pieces

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  • Cream butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in egg.
  • Stir in other ingredients. Chill dough.
  • Drop by the spoonful onto a greased cookie sheet.
  • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

Notes

It’s always been a mystery to me where the chocolate coating on the candy bars goes---there’s no chocolate to be seen in the finished cookies!