Yummy Mummy Cookies Makes about 30 cookies
2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 eggs 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup cocoa 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 to 2 packages (10 ounces each) white chocolate chips 1 to 2 tablespoons shortening (do not use butter, margarine or oil) Miniature semisweet chocolate chips, for garnish Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl until creamy. Add eggs; beat well. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Refrigerate dough 15 to 20 minutes or until firm enough to handle. Heat oven to 350 degrees. To form mummy bodies, using 1 tablespoon dough, roll into 3 1/2 -inch-long carrot shape; place on an ungreased cookie sheet. To form the mummy's head, roll 1 teaspoon dough into a ball the size and shape of a grape, press onto the wide end of the body. Repeat procedure with remaining dough. Bake 8 to 9 minutes, or until set. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Place 1 2/3 cups (10-ounce package) white chips and 1 tablespoon shortening in microwave-safe pie plate or shallow bowl. Cook on high (100 percent power) for 1 minute; stir until chips are melted. Coat tops of cookies by placing one cookie at a time on table knife or narrow metal spatula; spoon white chip mixture over cookie to coat. (If mixture thickens, return to microwave for a few seconds.) Place coated cookies on wax paper. Melt additional chips with shortening, if needed, for additional coating. As coating begins to set on cookies, using a toothpick, score lines and facial features into coating to resemble mummy. Place 2 small semisweet chocolate chips on each cookie for eyes. Store covered in cool, dry place. This recipe from Hershey's Cocoa. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
