Malted Milk Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup instant malted milk powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup instant malted milk powder
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• malted milk balls, roughly crushed

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375°f.
• 2 mix brown sugar, margarine, sour cream, vanilla, and eggs in a bowl.
• 3 stir in remaining ingredients except malted milk frosting.
• 4 drop by the spoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet about 2" apart.
• 5 bake 10-14 minutes or until the edges are starting to brown.
• 6 remove cookie immediately from the cookie sheet to a wire rack.
• 7 cool completely.
• 8 make malted milk frosting: heat brown sugar, margarine, and milk over a medium heat until margarine melts.
• 9 remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients.
• 10 add additional milk if necessary, a teaspoon at a time until it is spreading consistency.
• 11 frost cookies with malted milk frosting.
• 12 sprinkle with crushed malted milk balls, press into the frosting.