Mexican Mice

Mexican Mice
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Caryn Lerner created these "mice" because her nieces and nephews wouldn't eat her traditional Mexican wedding cake cookies. She decorating the cookies with almond ears, chocolate whiskers, and chow-mein-noodle tails, winning second place in the 2000 contest.Yield: About 3 dozen cookies
Servings
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servings
Ingredients
  • 2 sticks butter (1 cup), softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar plus more for dusting
  • 2 cup flour
  • 1 cup finely ground pecans
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • chow mein noodles, mini-chocolate chips, sliced almonds
Directions
  1. 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat butter and vanilla in bowl of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add sugar; beat until combined. Mix in flour, pecans and salt.
  2. 2. Shape dough into 1-inch ovals, tapering one end. Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven; insert noodle at tail end and 2 almonds about 1/3 of the way from pointed end for ears. Return to oven; bake until slightly browned, about 12 minutes.
  3. 3. Remove from oven; immediately place two chocolate chips in front of ears for eyes. (Chocolate will melt slightly and stick to cookie.) Dust mice bodies with confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire rack.
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