Tea - Party Mice
From jo_jo_ba 15 years ago
- 9 minutes to make
- Serves 60
I took a cue from Alice in Wonderland (one of my favourite movies!) when naming this recipe, an adaptation of one that I found on Flickr. Cookie mice are decorated with licorice tails and sprinkle eyes! Perfect for the Christmas platters.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature shopping list
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter shopping list
- 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup white sugar shopping list
- 1 egg shopping list
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract shopping list
- 1/2 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 cup flour shopping list
- 1 cup whole wheat flour shopping list
- 60 peanuts, halved shopping list
- Coloured decorating "quills" shopping list
- 150g red shoestring licorice, cut into 60 pieces shopping list
How to make it
- In a large bowl, beat together butter, peanut butter and sugars until fluffy.
- Beat in egg, vanilla extract and baking soda until well blended.
- Gently mix in flour just until blended.
- Cover and chill for 1 hour, or until firm.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Shape dough into 1" balls, tapering each into a narrow oval.
- Press flat on one (narrow) side, 2" apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Decorate as mice, using peanut halves for ears and quill candies for eyes.
- With a toothpick, make a hole about 1/2" deep in the tail ends.
- Bake 9 minutes
- Transfer to a cooling rack and immediately insert licorice pieces in tail-holes. I find using a bit of royal icing helps hold them in place.
People Who Like This Dish 4
- elgab89 Toronto, CA
- ttaaccoo Buffalo, NY
- jcooks Alexandria, VA
- btrflycookie Walnut Ridge, AR
- jo_jo_ba Oshawa, CA
- Show up here?Review or Bookmark it! ✔
elgab89
Reviews & Comments 6
-
All Comments
-
Your Comments
" It was excellent "