Try it Tuesday

Yummy Mummy Cookies

2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Hershey's Cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 packages (10 ounces each) White baking chips (or white melting wafers)
1 to 2 tablespoons shortening (no substitutions!)
Additional mini chips

1. Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla in large bowl until creamy. Add eggs; beat well. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Stir in 1 cup small chocolate chips. Refrigerate dough 15 to 20 minutes or until firm enough to handle.

2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. To form mummy body, using 1 tablespoon dough, roll into 3 1/2 inch carrot shape; place on ungreased cookie sheet. To form head, using 1 teaspoon dough, roll into ball the size and shape of a grape; press onto wide end of body. Repeat procedure with remaining dough. Bake 8 to 9 minutes or until set. Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool.

3.* Place 1 2/3 cups (10 ounce package) white chips and 1 tablespoon shortening in microwave-safe pie plate or shallow bowl. Microwave on HIGH (100%) 1 minute; stir until chips are melted.

4. Coat tops of cookies by placing one cookie at a time on table knife or narrow metal spatula; spoon white chip mixture evenly over cookie to coat. (If mixture begins to thicken, return to microwave for a few seconds). Place coated cookies on wax paper. Melt additional chips with shortening, if needed, for additional coating. As coating begins to set on cookies, using a toothpick, score lines and facial features into coating to resemble mummy. Place 2 small chocolate chips on each cookie for eyes. Store, covered, in cool, dry place.

Makes about 30 cookies (or 26 if you eat some of the dough) ;-)

*If you are using the melting wafers DO NOT add the shortening. I prefer the melting wafers because I think they stay melted longer. The only problem is that you have to go find them in the store!