Black Cat Cookies

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
servings
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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