Mice Cookies
By: Anonymous
Published: Friday, February 12, 2010 - 8:33pm

Ingredients




1 cup butter or margarine softened
1 cup light brown sugar - (firmly packed)
1 lrg egg
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
cup all-purpose flour
1 cup dry-roasted peanuts
cup raisins
cup red cinnamon candies
60 pieces red or black string licorice - (2" long)

Preparation

1 Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; add egg, and extracts, beating until blended. Gradually add flour, beating well. Cover and chill 1 hour. 2 Shape dough into 1-inch balls; taper 1 end of each ball to form a teardrop shape. Press 1 side flat; place flat sides on lightly greased baking sheets. Place peanut halves in dough for ears. Place raisins in dough for eyes and red cinnamon candies for noses. Make a 1/2-inch-deep hole at tail end with a wooden pick. 3 Bake at 325 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Insert licorice pieces for tails. 4 This recipe yields 4 dozen. 5 Comments: For testing purposes only, we used Twizzlers Pull-N-Peel Licorice. Peel licorice strings from bundle, and cut to desired length. 6 Yield: 4 dozen