recipe: Easter sugar cookies with ice cream sundae malted milk balls

i needed a recipe for an impromptu iron chef event that, in keeping with Easter season, had "eggs" as the secret ingredient. they could be blended in, or the star of the dish - anything went as long as they were in there. since i had zero time to think of a creative recipe and/or cook it, i decided to go the route of buying malted milk ball eggs, smashing them up, and throwing them in a sugar cookie which naturally has eggs in them. boom.

after baking the cookies, i taste-tested one and realized it was orange ice cream flavored...and actually tasted berserk. super fake sugar sweet. i didn't even know ice cream malted milk candies existed (isn't "malted milk" the flavor??? how can you add ice cream freak show to that party?) clearly you can't trust the insanity of the new-aged holiday candy aisle, but it was too late after i made them and i forged on ahead anyway.  

the sugar cookie recipe here was good (i used the Easy Sugar Cookies recipe from allrecipes.com), super easy, and something i would make again, but honestly i hated the candy - BUY ROBINS EGGS if you make these. if you love ice cream flavored malted milk balls tho, you will love these. quite a few people did, much to my shock. different strokes for different folks. 

ingredients list: 

- 2 & 3/4 cups flour

- 1 tsp baking soda

- 1/2 tsp baking powder

- 1 cup butter, softened

- 1 & 1/2 cups white sugar

- 1 egg

- 1 tsp vanilla extract

- 1 cup crushed malted milk candies, or any other candy you'd like

to make: preheat oven to 375F degrees. in a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and baking powder, and set aside.

in a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. beat in the egg and vanilla. gradually blend in the dry ingredients, then fold in the candy pieces. roll rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into balls, and place onto a parchment-paper lined cookie sheet.

bake 8-10 minutes, or until golden. let cookies cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes before removing to cool on wire racks.