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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 9 Minutes |
Ready In: 9 Minutes Servings: 24 |
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This is a fun christmas cookie - great for the kids what a better thing than little mice you can eat Ingredients:
1/2 cup margarine, softened |
1 cup creamy peanut butter |
1/2 cup packed brown sugar |
1 large egg |
1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour |
1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
peanut halves |
1 (2.25 ounce) jar red cinnamon candies |
4 yards of thin red licorice, cut in 3-inch pieces. |
Directions:
1. Beat margarine and peanut butter at medium speed with an electric mixer; gradually add sugars, beat well add egg and beat till creamy. Combine flour and soda, gradually add to creamed mixture, mixing well. Cover and chill at least 2 hours. Shape dough into 1 inch balls; taper one end of each ball to form a tear-drop shape. Press one side flat. Place flat sides on ungreased cookie sheets with cookies 2 inches apart. Press in sides of dough to raise backs of mice. Gently place 2 peanut halves in dough for ears. With wooden toothpick, make 1/2 inch deep hole at tail end. Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes, remove cookies from oven. Place cinnamon candies for eyes and bake an additional 1-2 minutes or until brown. Remove from oven, insert licorice tails and cool completely on baking sheets.
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