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Christmas: Mouse Macaroons

Source of Recipe


Parents magazine



List of Ingredients



• 1 bag (8 ounces) sliced almonds
  
• 1 large egg white
  
• ½ cup sugar
  
• ¾ cup chocolate chips, divided
  
• Black licorice laces
  
• Hot cinnamon candies
  
• White tube decorating icing
  






Instructions



1. Heat oven to 325° F. Line baking sheet with foil.
   
   
2. Reserve 3 tablespoons sliced almonds for mouse ears, and place remaining almonds in food processor; pulse until finely ground. Add sugar and egg white, and pulse to combine. Melt ¼ cup chocolate chips; add to mixture, and pulse. Shape tablespoonfuls of dough into teardrop shapes; place on baking sheets, 1 inch apart.
   Bake 25 minutes. While cookies are still warm, insert 2 almond slices for ears and one piece of licorice lace for tail. Let cool completely.
   
   
3. Melt remaining chocolate chips. Dip front of face in melted chocolate, and attach a cinnamon candy for nose. Using icing, pipe two eyes. Let set 10 minutes.
   
   Makes about 2 dozen.
   
   
   






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