Starlight Wreaths

Makes about 30 cookies

Ingredients:

Nonstick cooking spray
1/2 batch of sugar cookie dough or your favorite sugar cookie dough recipe, refrigerated
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 tbsp grated lemon peel
30 round peppermint candies

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line two cookie sheets with foil and coat with nonstick cooking spray.  In medium bowl, work together cookie dough, flour and lemon peel with wooden spoon until well blended.

Place peppermint candies about 3 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.  With measuring spoon, scoop out level teaspoons of dough mixture.  To form each cookie, roll one scoop of dough into a 5 inch long log, then roll another log.  Twist two lengths together; wrap in a circle around candy, gently pinching ends together.  Repeat with remaining dough.

Bake 6 to 8 minutes, or until cookies just begin to brown lightly (Watch carefully because candies will melt too much if over baked).  Let cookies cool a few minutes on cookie sheets before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.  Store in airtight container at room temperature up to one week or in freezer up to six months.