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Witches’ Brooms

PREP TIME: 35 Minutes • START TO FINISH: 1 Hour 5 Minutes • 20 cookies

¹ ⁄ ₂ cup packed brown sugar 1. Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, beat brown sugar, butter,

¹ ⁄ ₂ cup butter or margarine, water and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until blended.
softened Stir in flour and salt. Shape dough into 20 (1¼-inch) balls.
2 tablespoons water 2. Place pretzel rod halves on ungreased cookie sheets. Press ball
1 teaspoon vanilla of dough onto cut end of each pretzel rod. Press dough with fork to
1¹ ⁄ ₂ cups all-purpose flour look like bristles of broom. Bake about 12 minutes or until set but not
¹ ⁄ ₈ teaspoon salt brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cooling racks. Cool completely.
10 pretzel rods (about 8 ¹ ⁄ ₂ 3. Cover cookie sheet with waxed paper. Place brooms on waxed
inches long), cut in half paper. In 1-quart saucepan, melt 2 teaspoons shortening and the
crosswise chocolate chips over low heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth.
2 teaspoons shortening Remove from heat. Spoon melted chocolate over brooms, leaving
² ⁄ ₃ cup semisweet chocolate about 1 inch at top of pretzel handle and bottom halves of cookie
chips bristles uncovered.
¹ ⁄ ₃ cup butterscotch chips 4. In small microwavable bowl, microwave butterscotch chips and
¹ ⁄ ₂ teaspoon shortening ½ teaspoon shortening uncovered on Medium-High (70%) 30 to
50 seconds, stirring after 30 seconds, until chips can be stirred smooth.
Drizzle over chocolate. Let stand until chocolate is firm before storing.

1 Cookie: Calories 180; Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 5g); Sodium 160mg; Total Carbohydrate
24g (Dietary Fiber 1g); Protein 2g Exchanges: ½ Starch, 1 Other Carbohydrate, 1½ Fat
Carbohydrate Choices: 1½

Terrifying Tip

Cookie dough can be covered and
refrigerated up to 24 hours before baking.
If it’s too firm to shape, let it stand at room
temperature 30 minutes.

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