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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 8 Minutes |
Ready In: 8 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Kids will love to help decorate these cinnamony critters almost as much as they will love to eat them!! Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened |
3/4 cup packed brown sugar |
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
1/4 teaspoon baking powder |
1 egg |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
2 cups all-purpose flour |
1 tablespoon granulated sugar |
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
1 slightly beaten egg white |
96 miniature semisweet chocolate chips (optional) |
Directions:
1. In a mixing bowl, beat the butter or margarine with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add the brown sugar, 1 teaspoons cinnamon, and baking powder; beat till combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla.
2. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour with a wooden spoon. Divide dough in half.
3. In a small mixing bowl stir together the granulated sugar and 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Set aside.
4. On a lightly floured surface, shape each half of the dough into a 12-inch log. Cut each log into twenty-four 1/2 -inch pieces.
5. Roll each piece into a 6-inch rope. Coil each rope into a snail shape; using one end to make a small coil for the eye, and coiling the other end in the opposite direction to make the body.
6. Place the cookies 2-inches apart on lightly greased cookie sheets. Brush each cookie with egg white. Sprinkle with sugar/cinnamon mixture. If desired, insert 2 chocolate pieces in the small coiled end for the eyes.
7. Bake in a preheated 375F for 8 minutes, or till edges of the cookies are firm and the bottoms are lightly browned. Remove cookies from pan and cool on a rack.
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