Gumdrop Cookies

I think the original name for these cookies is "Jewel Top Jumbles".  I'm not sure where it came from originally, but this is one of those cookies that we make every year at Christmas time.

• 1 c butter, softened
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2 3/4 c flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 1/2 c miniature gumdrops, halved

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Lightly grease a cookie sheet.  In a large bowl, combine butter, sugars, vanilla and eggs; blend thorougly.  Sift together flour, baking soda and salt and stir into butter & sugar mixture.  Mix in gumdrops.  Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2" apart on prepared cookie sheet.  Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until light golden brown.