Page 160 - Betty Crocker - Halloween Cookbook

Scary Cat Cookies

PREP TIME: 30 Minutes • START TO FINISH: 1 Hour 15 Minutes • About 15 cookies

Cookies 1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease cookie sheets with shortening.
3 oz semisweet baking 2. In small saucepan, melt chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly.
chocolate
In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium
1 cup butter, softened (do speed, or mix with spoon. Stir in melted chocolate, flour, vanilla and egg.
not use margarine)
¹ ⁄ ₂ cup sugar 3. Shape dough into 30 (1-inch) balls. Pull a little bit of dough from
each of 15 balls to make tails; set aside. Cut about ¼-inch slit in same
2¼ cups all-purpose flour balls, using scissors. Separate dough at slit for cat’s ears. Place balls
1 teaspoon vanilla about 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
1 egg
4. Place remaining balls below each cat head on cookie sheets for
body. Shape small pieces of dough into 15 (2 ½-inch-long) ropes.
Decorations Place end of rope under each body.
Yellow candy sprinkles
5. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheets to
15 miniature candy-coated cooling racks. Cool 30 minutes.
chocolate baking bits
1 package pull-apart yellow 6. Use sprinkles to make eyes and baking bits to make noses. Add
licorice twists, cut into yellow licorice pieces for whiskers. Add pink licorice for tongues.
1-inch pieces
1 Cookie: Calories 250; Total Fat 15g (Saturated Fat 9g); Sodium 100mg; Total Carbohydrate 27g
1 package pull-apart pink (Dietary Fiber 0g); Protein 3g Exchanges: 1 Starch, 1 Other Carbohydrate, 2½ Fat Carbohydrate
licorice twists, cut into Choices: 2
bits

Terrifying Tip

Use a small dab of chocolate frosting, peanut butter or melted
chocolate to adhere the candy to the cats' faces.

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