Hoot Owl Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/4 cup peanut butter chips
• 24 cashews

Recipe

• 1 cream together butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla.
• 2 in a another bowl, combing flour, baking powder and salt. blend into creamed mixture.
• 3 separate dough into two pieces: 1/3 and 2/3.
• 4 chocolate dough: in a small bowl, mix together cocoa powder and baking soda. combine with 1/3 of the dough. work 1 tablespoon water into the chocolate dough. form into two 10" logs.
• 5 take the other 2/3 of the dough and divide into two pieces. on a floured surface, roll each piece into a 10 x 4 rectangle. place chocolate dough in center. mold vanilla dough around chocolate dough, forming a log. repeat with other piece of vanilla dough.
• 6 wrap in plastic wrap and chill 2-24 hours.
• 7 heat oven to 350°f.
• 8 cut dough into 1/8" slices. lay two slices side-by-side on a cookie sheet. these are the owl eyes. next, pinch the upper/outer corners -- to resemble the horns or feather tufts that owls have at the top of their heads.
• 9 next put a peanut butter chip in the center of each eye. then add a cashew "nose" between the eyes.
• 10 bake 8-10 minutes. cool on a wire rack.