Amy's Orange and Peppermint Sugar Gems

These cookies don't look nearly as good as they taste. One taste of these cookies and you will be back for seconds gaurantee.

Orange and Peppermint Sugar Gems
Makes about 2 1/2 dozen cookies

1/2 c. powdered sugar
2 1/4 c. flour
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. oil
1/2. c. butter softened
1 jumbo size egg
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 T. orange juice (squeezed from orange)
1 T. orange extract
1/4. c. orange peel (grated or shredded)
1/4-1/2 c. Peppermint Bark white chocolate squares grated/shredded. About 5-10 shredded squares.
Powdered sugar for dusting.

Note: If you do not have any peppermint bark to grate or shred, use the limited edition Hershey Kisses, peppermint flavored, and put kiss immediately thumbprinted into center of cookies after they have baked.

Cream together powdered sugar, butter, egg, and oil. Add granulated sugar and vanilla and mix well. Add orange juice, orange extract, orange peel, and 1/8 of peppermint bark shredded. Mix well, Add flour, baking soda, salt and mix well. Spray a cupcake tin pan and shape each ball of dough into golf ball sizes. Sprinkle with more peppermint bark on top. Bake at 350 for 11-12 min. or until done. Dust with powdered sugar.
Source: sugar gem recipe taken from another source, but I added/changed some ingrediants.