Nutty Little Mice

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) roll refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough
• 1/4 cup salted peanuts, chopped
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 24 pieces licorice
• 1 (2/3 ounce) package cake decorating gel
• 48 red cinnamon candies
• 24 miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 48 sliced almonds

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350.
• 2 in large bowl, break up cookie dough.
• 3 stir or knead in chopped peanuts and flour until well blended.
• 4 work with half of dough at a time; refrigerate remaining dough until needed.
• 5 place sugar in shallow dish.
• 6 for each cookie, shape dough into 1 inch ball, then shape ball into 1 1/2 inch long egg shape.
• 7 roll in sugar to coat.
• 8 place cookies 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 9 repeat with remaining dough.
• 10 bake 8 to 11 minutes or until light golden brown.
• 11 cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.
• 12 immediately insert string candy piece in end of cookie for tail.
• 13 cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• 14 on each cookie, use decorating gel to attach 2 cinnamon candies for eyes and 1 chocolate chip for nose.
• 15 with sharp knife, make 2 small slits for each cookie above eyes; insert almond slice for ears.
• 16 store in tightly covered container.