12 Days of Cookies and Cocktails

Day 3

ROLO COOKIES

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup butter, room temp.
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1 bag of rolo candies, unwrapped
• sugar to roll the cookie dough balls in

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet.
2. In a medium bowl stir the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa. Set aside.
3. In a mixer, cream butter and sugars together until smooth. Add in eggs, one at a time. Add in vanilla.
4. Slowly add flour mixture to butter mixture, blend well. Take a spoon full of cookie dough and wrap it around one rolo candy. Make sure the rolo
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   is completely covered with cookie dough. Roll the dough ball into sugar and place on the cookie sheet. Continue this until you run out of dough.
6. Bake cookies for 7-10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow time to cool off.

HOLIDAY GLOGG

Ingredients:

• 12 oz sky vodka
• 750 mL of dry red wine
• 1.5 tbsp mulling spices
• 1 tsp of fresh orange zest
• 2 tbsp of sugar

Directions:

1. Wrap the mulling spices in cheesecloth.
2. In a large saucepan, mix the vodka, wine and mulling spices, orange zest and sugar.
3. Simmer over medium heat for approximately 30 min.
4. Discard the mulling spices.
5. Drop a few raisins and almonds into a mug and top with the hot liquid.