Witches’ Hats Recipe

Witches’ Hats Recipe

Ingredients:

48 pcs of M&M’s
1/2 c of chocolate candies
4 squares of chocolate (unsweetened); melted then cooled
1/4 tsp of salt
1 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
1-3/4 c of flour
1 tsp of vanilla (extract)
1 whole egg
1/2 c of sugar (brown); packed
1/2 c of sugar (white)
3/4 c of butter; softened

Instructions:

Using a glass bowl, cream the butter and shortening using moderate speed for thirty seconds. Mix the half cup of flour, coco powder, sugar, orange rind and baking powder. Beat for a few more seconds.

Beat in the egg, the milk, the vanilla extract and extract of half an orange. Scrape the sides of your bowl frequently. Mix in the rest of your flour. Halve the dough.

Place in the fridge for two hours. When ready to bake take out from the fridge. Unroll using a pin into half inch thickness. Cut cookies into cat shapes using the cookie cutter.

Bake for 6-8 minutes (375 degrees F) or ’til it sets. Let them cool then ice using orange frosting.

For the orange frosting, combine a cup of icing sugar, orange juice and the vanilla. Mix well until you get proper icing consistency. You can mix in artificial orange color if you like.

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