Black Cat Cookies Recipe

Black Cat Cookies Recipe
Our children look forward to helping me bake these cute cat cookies each year. They've become experts at making the faces with candy corn and Red-Hots. —Kathy Stock, Levasy, Missouri

Ingredients of Black Cat Cookies Recipe
* 1 cup butter, softened
* 2 cups sugar
* 2 eggs
* 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
* 3 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 cup baking cocoa
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 24 wooden craft or Popsicle sticks
* 48 candy corn candies
* 24 red-hot candies

Directions for Black Cat Cookies Recipe
1. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Roll dough into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place 3 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets.
2. Insert a wooden stick into each cookie. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar. Pinch top of cookie to form ears. For whiskers, press a fork twice into each cookie. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are set. Remove from the oven; immediately press on candy corn for eyes and red-hots for noses. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2 dozen.

Black Cat Cookies Recipe Preparation time:
25 min. Bake: 10 min

Category: Halloween recipes