Farm Mouse Cookies
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Peanut halves
- Black shoestring licorice, cut into 2-1/2-inch pieces
- In a bowl, cream peanut butter, butter and sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and chill dough for 1 hour or overnight.
- Roll into 1-in. balls. Pinch one end, forming a teardrop shape. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased
- ; press to flatten. For ears, press two peanuts into each cookie near the pointed end. Using a toothpick, make a 1/2-in.-deep hole for the tail in the end opposite the ears. Bake at 350u0b0 for 8-10 minutes or until golden. While cookies are warm, insert licorice for tails. Cool on wire racks.
peanut butter, butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, vanilla, flour, baking soda, peanut halves, black shoestring licorice
Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/farm-mouse-cookies/ (may not work)