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Black Cat Cookies

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Black Cat Cookies
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No need to fear a black cat when it's made of rich chocolate. This recipe is a chocolate-based cookie covered with chocolate frosting and candies for cute facial features.Recipe courtesy of McCormick
Prep Time
30
minutes
Cook Time
12
minutes
Servings
36
Black Cat Cookies
Total time: 42 minutes
Ingredients
  • 3 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoon mccormick® all natural pure vanilla extract
  • 4 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate, melted
  • 1 container (16 ounces) chocolate frosting
  • mccormick® black food color
  • assorted decorations, such as black string licorice, black jelly beans, chocolate wafer cookies, miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces and gum drops
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl.
  3. Set aside.
  4. Beat sugar and butter in a large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
  5. Add eggs and vanilla; mix well.
  6. Gradually beat in flour mixture on low speed until well mixed.
  7. Add chocolate; mix well.
  8. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness.
  9. Cut out rounds with 2 1/2-inch round cookie cutter.
  10. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  11. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until cookies are set.
  12. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute.
  13. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.
  14. Tint frosting black with 1/2 teaspoon black food color.
  15. Spread onto cooled cookies.
  16. To decorate cookies to resemble cat faces, use miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces for the eyes, jelly beans for the nose, gumdrops for the mouth, string licorice for the whiskers and cut-up chocolate wafers for the ears.
 
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