Recipe - Chocolate Cookie Mice

Three fourths cup Granulated sugar
One half cup Butter or margarine
Softened
One half cup Shortening
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 Egg
2 One fourth cup Allpurpose flour or
Unbleached
One fourth cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
One half teaspoon Baking powder
72 Miniature chocolate chips
36 Red or black licorice
Strips
Cut into 2inch pieces

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, beat the sugar, margarine
and shortening until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and egg;
blend well. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Stir in the
flour, cocoa and baking powder; mix well. Shape the dough into 1inch
balls. To form a mouse, pinch one end of the ball to form the nose. For
the ears, make 2 tiny balls of dough and flatten slightly; gently press
into the dough on the upper front of each mouse body. For the eyes, press 2
miniature chocolate chips into the dough below the ears. Place the shaped
cookies 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 to 13
minutes, or until set. For the tails, immediately place a piece of
licorice into the rounded end of each cookie. Remove from the cookie
sheets.

Variation. Chocolaty Shortbread Cookies: Prepare the dough as directed
above. Shape the dough into 1inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on
ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten slightly with a glass dipped in sugar.
Bake for 8 to 13 minutes, or until set. Cool for 1 minute; remove from the
cookie sheets.

Recipe By : Pillsbury, Cookies, Brownies & Bars, 1991

File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip