Everyone in your family will love these
moist double chocolate cookies shaped like a mouse. NESTLÉ®
TOLL HOUSE® Baking Cocoa and Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
combine to make a fabulous chocolate cookie that is decorated
with NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Mini Morsels for eyes and nose. These 1st Prize winning cookies
were created by Dorothy Ringgold of Fresno, CA and are a big
hit with her grandchildren.
Toll
House® Mouse Cookies
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter,
softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated
sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup NESTLÉ®
TOLL HOUSE® Baking Cocoa
- 3/4 cup NESTLÉ®
TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
- NESTLÉ® TOLL
HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels
- Preheat oven to 350°F
(175°C).
- Combine flour and baking
soda in medium bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar,
egg, and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy. Gradually
beat in flour mixture. Remove 3/4 cup dough; set aside.
- Beat cocoa gradually into
remaining dough in bowl. Stir in 3/4 cup morsels. Roll chocolate
dough into 3/4-inch ball. Place on ungreased baking sheet and
press to 1/4-inch thickness. Roll chocolate dough into two 1/2-inch
balls. Place each above larger circle and press to 1/4-inch thickness
for ears. Roll reserved white dough into 1/4-inch ball and place
in center of large circle for nose. Repeat with remaining doughs,
placing cookies 2 inches apart on baking sheet.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes
or until dough is set. Arrange mini morsels on warm cookies for
eyes and one on top of nose. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes;
carefully remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Makes 36 to 48 (3 to 4
dozen) cookies.
Nutritional Information
Per Serving (1/36 of recipe): Calories: 170 Calories from Fat:
60 Total Fat: 7 g Saturated Fat: 4 g Cholesterol: 25 mg Sodium:
60 mg Carbohydrates: 26 g Dietary Fiber: .5 g Sugars: 17 g Protein:
2 g
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