Christmas Recipes
Mexican Mice
Yield: about 3 dozen
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar + more for dusting
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup finely ground pecans
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Chow mein noodles, mini chocolate chips, sliced almonds
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Beat butter and vanilla extract in bowl of electric mixture until light and fluffy. Add sugar; beat until combined. Mix in flour, pecans and salt. Shape dough into 1 inch ovals, tapering one end. Bake for 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.
- Remove from oven; immediately place two chocolate chips in from of ears for eyes. (Chocolate will melt slightly and stick to cookie.) Dust mice with confectioners' sugar.
- Cool on wire rack.
Attribution
2nd place winner Chicago Tribune cookie contest