Yummy Malted Milk Cookies

I got this recipe out of a magazine and it won 1st prize by someone named Teresa Wargo of Pulaski WI.  I can't for the life of me figure out what magazine but these cookies are like candy.  They are super sweet and chewy.

You need:

1 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup firmed packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

2 tablespoons instant hot chocolate (or I use the instant coffee mixes)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups crushed malted milk balls

Preheat the oven to 375.  Spray cookie sheets or use silpat mats.  Cream butter and sugars together and then add egg and vanilla.  Combine until mixed.  In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, hot chocolate mix, baking soda and salt.  Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture.  Add malted milk balls and stir well.  Shape dough into 1 1/2 inch balls and place 2-inches apart on prepared baking sheet.  Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until firm to the touch.  DO NOT over cook.  Cool for 5 minutes and then trasnfer to a wire rack to cool completely.    ENJOY!