Hoot Owl Cookies

Name: Hoot Owl Cookies
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 24 serving(s)
Ingredients: 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

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Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 24

ingredients

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

directions

Cream together butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla.
In a another bowl, combing flour, baking powder and salt. Blend into creamed mixture.
Separate dough into two pieces: 1/3 and 2/3.
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.
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.
Wrap in plastic wrap and chill 2-24 hours.
Heat oven to 350°F.
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.
Next put a peanut butter chip in the center of each eye. Then add a cashew "nose" between the eyes.
Bake 8-10 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.