Christmas Mouse Cookies
1 Cup creamy peanut butter
½ Cup butter (no subs), softened
½ Cup sugar
½ Cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 ½ Cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ Cup peanut halves (ears)
2 Tablespoons green and red mini M&M’s (nose)
4 teaspoons mini chocolate chips (eyes)
red shoestring licorice (tail)
In bowl, cream peanut butter, butter, and sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour and baking soda and add to creamed mixture. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Roll into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Pinch each ball at one end to taper into a tail. Insert two peanut halves in center of each ball for ears. Add one M&M baking bit for nose and two chocolate chip eyes. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes. Gently insert one licorice piece into each warm cookie for tail.
