Peanut Butter Christmas Mice Recipe

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Servings: 1

Ingredients

  • 1/2 c. Butter or possibly margarine, at room temperature
  • 1 c. Creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 c. Packed light-brown sugar
  • 1/2 c. Granulated sugar
  • 1 lrg Egg
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 1/2 c. All-purpose flour
  •     For decoration: peanut halves, minced green
  •     Candied cherries, red licorice
  •     Laces, cut in 3-inch
  •     Lengths

Directions

  1. Beat butter and peanut butter in a large bowl with electric mixer till creamy. Add in sugars and beat till fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla and baking soda till well blended. With mixer on low speed, gradually beat in flour just till blended. Cover and refrigerateabout 1 hour till hard sufficient to handle. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Have cookie sheets ready. Shape level Tbsp. dough into 1-inch balls. Taper each ball at one end into teardrop shape. Press one side flat. Place flat sides down 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Press in sides of balls to raise 'backs of mice." (Dough spreads slightly as it bakes.) Gently push 2 peanut halves in each for ears and 2 pcs of green cherries for eyes. With a wooden pick make a 1/2 inch-deep hole at tail end. Bake 8 to 10 min till hard.
  2. Remove to rack, insert licorice tails and cold completely.
  3. Makes 60. Per

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