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My review
Black Cat Cookies
Kathy Stock
"Our children look forward to helping me bake these cute cat cookies each year. They've become experts at making the faces with candy corn and red-hots.--Kathy Stock, Levasy, Missouri"
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Ingredients
35 m servingsOriginal recipe yields 12 servings
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Roll dough into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place 3 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets.
- Insert a wooden stick into each cookie. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar. Pinch top of cookie to form ears. For whiskers, press a fork twice into each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are set. Remove from the oven; immediately press on candy corn for eyes and red-hots for noses. Remove to wire racks to cool.
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Most helpful positive review
10/22/2009
HELPFUL TIPS FOR SHAPING: 1st, know they make 39 using a med. cookie scoop (2t), so you'd need 78 candy corns! 2nd, very important to use room temp butter because this is a dry recipe and you ne...
Most helpful critical review
10/11/2007
This cookie was good and fun to make with the kids, but i didnt think it had that good chocolate taste that i was looking for. It seemed a little bland. If you want a really chocolatey cut out c...
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10/22/2009
HELPFUL TIPS FOR SHAPING: 1st, know they make 39 using a med. cookie scoop (2t), so you'd need 78 candy corns! 2nd, very important to use room temp butter because this is a dry recipe and you ne...
10/20/2008
Great recipe! The cookie is very moist and chocolaty, and the dough rolls out very easily! I used a biscuit cutter for these, which is the best thing to use if you have one; otherwise a glass ...
10/23/2008
Because of previous reviews stating the flavor was lacking or not chocolate enough, I added 1 oz melted semisweet chocolate, and they came out perfectly! Dough is a dream to work with when formi...
10/27/2006
These cookies turn out absolutely adorable. I made them for a first grade class party and they were a hit. I did not use butter. I used margarine and just refrigerated the dough an hour or two b...
10/11/2007
This cookie was good and fun to make with the kids, but i didnt think it had that good chocolate taste that i was looking for. It seemed a little bland. If you want a really chocolatey cut out c...
9/20/2007
I thought this recipe was fantastic! I'm a huge fan of anything chocolate, plus I loved making the cookie into a work of art! The only thing I did differently was instead of using candy corn and...
10/24/2008
With regard to flavor, these are perfect for small children or adults who don't like a real cocoa hit in their cookies. Doubled recipe with no problem. Dough texture was similar to play-dough....
9/26/2010
These are easy and absolutely adorable. Other reviewers are correct that the cookies are not a “five”, but they are still quite good. Definitely better than the traditional Halloween cookies w...
11/20/2007
The cookie itself is good, but don't smash it down too much. I like this cookie a little thick, so smash it til it's about 1/4 inch thick. If you smash it thinner then you get a crunchy cookie...