SNOWMAN COOKIES
Prep Time: 20 min
Total Time: 41 min
Makes: 22 servings, 2 cookies each

INGREDIENTS:
1 pkg. (8 oz.) Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup  powdered sugar
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine
1/2 tsp.  vanilla
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp.  baking soda

PROCEDURE:
PREHEAT oven to 325°F. Beat cream cheese, sugar, butter and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add flour and baking soda; mix well.
SHAPE dough into equal number of 1/2-inch and 1-inch diameter balls. (You should have about 44 of each size ball.) Using 1 small and 1 large ball for each snowman, place balls, slightly overlapping, on ungreased baking sheet. Flatten to 1/4-inch thickness with bottom of glass dipped in additional flour. Repeat with remaining dough.
BAKE 19 to 21 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack. Sprinkle each snowman with sifted powdered sugar, if desired.
DRESSING Suggested decorations, such as decorating gels, colored sprinkles, nonpareils and miniature peanut butter cups.

CHOCOLATE MINT COOKIES

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon water
1-1/3 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1-1/3 eggs
1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
24 chocolate mint wafer candies

PREPARATIONS:
In a large pan over low heat, cook butter, sugar and water until butter is melted. Add chocolate chips and stir until partially melted. Remove from heat and continue to stir until chocolate is completely melted. Pour into a large bowl and let stand 10 minutes to cool off slightly.
At a high speed, beat in eggs, one at a time into chocolate mixture. Reduce speed to low and add dry ingredients, beating until blended. Chill dough about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Roll dough into balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake 8-10 minutes. While cookies are baking unwrap mints and divide each in half. When cookies are brought out of the oven, put 1/2 mint on top of each cookie. Let the mint sit for up to 5 minutes until melted, then spread the mint on top of the cookie. Eat and enjoy!

CHOCOLATE BROWNIES

Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 50 min
Makes: 1-1/2 dozen brownies or 18 servings

INGREDIENTS:
4 squares Unsweetened Baking Chocolate
3/4 cup  (1-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine
2 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup  flour
1 cup coarsely chopped Pecans
1 tsp.  powdered sugar

PROCEDURE:
PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Microwave chocolate and butter in large microwavable bowl on HIGH 2 minutes or until butter is melted. Stir until chocolate is completely melted. Stir in granulated sugar. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour and pecans; mix well. Spread into greased foil-lined 13×9-inch baking pan.
BAKE 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out with fudgy crumbs. (Do not overbake.) Cool in pan.
CUT brownie in pan into 18 decorative shapes with 1-1/2 inch star-shaped or holiday cookie cutters. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Reserve the trimmings for snacking or another use.

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