Scary Exciting

* TODAY’S POST IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT *

ANYONE WHO REGULARLY READS MY BLOG HAS MOST LIKELY COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I AM ONE SCARY MOMMY.  WELL, TODAY I ACTUALLY AM. 

MUMMY COOKIES 

I’M SO EXCITED TO THANK JILL SMOKLER, AUTHOR OF THE NY TIMES BESTSELLING BOOK “CONFESSIONS OF A SCARY MOMMY” FOR ALLOWING ME TO WRITE THE HALLOWEEN GUEST POST UP TODAY ON THE SCARY MOMMY WEBSITE. THE POST IS ABOUT MOMMIES (AND MUMMIES) AND, OF COURSE, THERE'S A COOKIE TO GO WITH IT.
 

  HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Mummy Cookies
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Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

1 stick buter, softened

1 stick margarine, softened

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 tsp vanilla

3 eggs

3 3/4 cups flour

3/4 cups baking cocoa

1/2 tsp baking soda

3/4 tsp salt

Mini chocolate chips

3/4 package of white melting bark

Directions:

*Beat butter, margarine, sugar, vanilla and eggs until creamy. Mix in flour, baking cocoa, baking soda and salt until it forms a dough.

*Refrigerate for an hour.

*Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

*Roll about dough into approximately 36 balls, about 3/4 inch in diameter and 36 balls about 1/2 inch in diameter. Roll the larger balls into about 3 inch carrot shapes and put half of them on the cookie sheet.

*Press the smaller balls onto the thicker part of the carrot shaped cookie.  These will puff up so cook only half of them at a time.

*Bake 9 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes. Remove gently to cool completely, be careful not to separate the “head” from the body. Cool completely.

*Melt the bark as per package directions.

*Put each “mummy” onto a knife and pour chocolate over it to coat. Work in batches as you’ll have to stop coating to score the coated mummies.

*Attach two mini chocolate chips for the eyes.

*Keep an eye on them, it won’t take long, once the chocolate starts to set, score the mummies with a toothpick. Alternate the angle of the scoring (see picture). Allow to set completely.