Recipe: Cookies on a Stick (like Cookies by Design)

COOKIES ON A STICK LIKE COOKIES BY DESIGN
Source: Gloria Pitzer
Makes about 2 dozen

1/4 lb. butter, melted
1 can (14 oz.) Eagle brand milk
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup sour cream
1 egg
1 tsp. extract of your choice
1 tsp. nutmeg
3 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup Bisquick

Place melted butter in a large mixing bowl and add each remaining ingredient as listed, beating well after each addition to achieve a smooth dough. Let dough stand uncovered 10 minutes.

Make golf-ball-sized shapes of the dough and insert a flat, wooden popsicle stick (purchased wherever craft supplies are sold) into one side of each ball. Carefully flatten each ball of dough to a 1/2 inch thick patty. Place 3 inches apart on greased baking sheets.

Bake at 400F for 6-8 minutes or until just browned around the edges, but still white on tops of cookies.

Remove from the oven and smear the top of each cookie generously with heated, canned, ready-to-spread frosting (flavor of your choice). Frostings may be tinted with few drops food coloring once it has been heated. Let cookies cool on baking sheet 10 minutes before carefully removing to paper towels.

OUR HOMEMADE VERSION:
Can be presented in small paper cups or styrofoam cups filled almost to the rim with tiny M&M's, mini-chocolate chips or tiny jelly beans which will hold the stick of the cookies in place. These can then be wrapped in a sheet of plastic food wrap, gathering it at the top and securing with a paper covered trash bag "twist". Add a colorful ribbon or bow and give for any occasion.