Give a Hoot Cookies
Source of Recipe
Internet
List of Ingredients
Vanilla Dough
3 c. Gold Medal Flour
1/2 tsp. Baking Soda
1 tsp. Salt
1 c. Butter Softened
7/8 c. Sugar
1 Egg
1 Egg Yolk
1 tsp. Vanilla
Recipe
Sift together first 4 ingredients. Cream butter until fluffy, then add sugar and beat until light. Add last 3 ingredients until mixture forms dough. Chocolate Dough Add 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa to the dry ingredients and increas the sugar by 1/3 c. Mix as for vanilla dough. Make the cookies: Vanilla Dough Chocolate Dough Cinnamon Red Hots Granulated Sugar Whole Cashews Shape 1/3 of the vanilla dough into a log. Roll 1/4 of the chocolate dough into a sheet and wrap around the vanilla dough. Wrap in wax paper to chill. Roll the vanilla dough into a sheet 1/4" thick. Cut out cookies with a 3" diameter cutter. Do the same with the chocolate dough. Stack one vanilla and one chocolate cookie together and use the cutter to cut wing shapes from each side. Unstack the cookies and use the vanilla wings on the chocolate bodies, and vice versa. Press the pieces together gently. Take the log of dough from the refrigerator and cut into 1/4" slices. Place 2 slices for eyes at the top of each body. Press the pieces together gently. Sprinke with sugar and add 2 red hot candies for eyes. Press a whole cashew into place for a beak. Bake cookies on a parchment lined cookie sheed at 375 degress for about 12 minutes, or until beginning to brown lightly. Cool on a wire rack.
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